Texas Governor Challenges Obama

Greg Abbott the governor of Texas has criticized President Barack Obama's plan to move ahead with possible executive actions on guns in a tweet in which he told the Commander-in-Chief to come & take the state's guns.

Obama had earlier said in his weekly radio address that he is looking for ways to keep guns out of the hands of a dangerous few without depending on Congress to pass a law on the fraught subject of gun control. He plans to meet his attorney general, Loretta Lynch, on Monday to see what executive actions might be possible. Steps to strengthen background checks could come this week. 

As Obama made his announcement, a Texas law allowing licensed handgun owners to openly carry their weapons in public went into effect with Governor Abbot tweeting: “Obama wants to impose more gun control. My response? COME & TAKE IT.