Texas Governor Greg Abbott has called off his re-election campaign's plans to raffle off a shotgun, in the aftermath of the school shooting that killed 10 people last week.
On Monday, the Republican governor's campaign announced that it would replace the shotgun raffle with a $250 gift certificate.
The move came after 17-year-old high school student Dimitrios Pagourtzis was charged for gunning down fellow students and teachers at his rural school Friday in the conservative state.
With an image of Abbott looking down the barrel of a shotgun, the governor's campaign website had been raffling off a 'Texas-made shotgun'. That image was also removed.
'As governor, Greg Abbott expanded 2nd Amendment rights, signing into law "campus carry" and "open carry,"' his website touts, referring to controversial policies that allow for the public carrying of firearms, including on state college campuses.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has called off his re-election campaign's plans to raffle off a shotgun, in the aftermath of the school shooting that killed 10 people last week
On Monday, the Republican governor's campaign announced that it would replace the shotgun raffle with a $250 gift certificate. A photograph of the governor aiming a shotgun was also removed. The governor visits a small memorial at Santa Fe High School on Sunday
With an image of Abbott looking down the barrel of a shotgun, the governor's campaign website had been raffling off a 'Texas-made shotgun'. That image was also removed. The governor meets young people at the Arcadia First Baptist
