Scott Cote

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On August 3, 2019, a resident of the city of Allen, Patrick Wood Crusius, drove to a Walmart in El Paso and murdered 23 community members from in and around the city of El Paso. We, the city of Allen and Allen Area Democrats, grieve that brutal loss of life. Let’s not forget or become numb to the individual victims of this tragic event and the impact of their loss. 22 were injured in addition to the 23 deaths. Many more were traumatized, lost their loved ones, and lives were forever changed that day because of a boy that grew up here, attending Plano schools, and Collin College. Please say the fallen victims names out loud: Andre Anchondo, 23 Jordan Anchondo, 24 Arturo Benavides, 60 Leonardo Campos, 41 Angie Englisbee, 86 Maria Flores, 77 Raul Flores, 83 Guillermo "Memo" Garcia, 36 Jorge Calvillo García, 61 Adolfo Cerros Hernández, 68 Alexander Gerhard Hoffman, 66 David Johnson, 63 Luis Alfonzo Juarez, 90 Maria Eugenia Legarreta Rothe, 58 Maribel (Campos) Loya, 56 Ivan Filiberto Manzano, 46 Elsa Mendoza Marquez, 57 Gloria Irma Márquez, 61 Margie Reckard, 63 Sara Esther Regalado Moriel, 66 Javier Rodriguez, 15 Teresa Sanchez, 82 Juan Velazquez, 77 We believe that this event was preventable and could have been obstructed with reasonable gun controls and barriers. Years after this mass shooting occurred, President Biden was able to pass the bipartisan Safer Communities Act. Though neither our nation, nor our state has any “red flag” laws, a “red flag” law could have prevented the deaths on that fateful day. Crusius’s anger and blame towards immigrants and those he perceived as “invaders” was well known amongst members of his community. He is one of many in this nation to have fallen victim to the psychosis of “Great Replacement Theory” and had expressed as much on both social media and real life. His anger was so great that he drove 650 miles in order to “execute” his plan. So great was his anger, his own mother perceived the threat to our civilization, and tried to stop him by contacting the Allen police about her concern that he had purchased a weapon of war, and he had no business having that. Alas, our legal system had and continues to have zero ability to intervene in such situations. Imagine not having to observe this vigil today. Imagine how many families whose life experiences would be so different. Since then there have been many horrifying mass shootings in Texas and beyond, killing children as well as adults. Our city had its own mass shooting at the outlet mall just over a year ago, where 9 people lost their lives due to a man covered in Nazi tattoos- another extremist who legally purchased his mass killing device and shot and killed a lot of people in a few seconds. This senseless loss of lives from one mass shooting after the next must end! Our uncertainty of our personal safety when out and about or when our children are at school, must be reversed into having a reasonable expectation of safety and security. People wonder why our youth are suddenly so plagued by mental illness. I wonder if this constant uncertainty that someone might commit a shooting looms over them, and has become a constant acute source of anxiety, depression, and trauma. In order to end this senseless cycle of violence, we as a nation need to: Further improve mental health support by building off of the Safer Communities Act. Implement Red Flag Laws so that greater communities may intervene before a senseless tragedy. Close loopholes on background checks so that we can make it more difficult for those that should not have a gun to be able to acquire a gun. Tighten rules regarding ownership of firearms that have high capacity magazines with automatic capabilities (aka Assault Rifles and guns like them). Hold gun companies accountable for selling guns to inappropriate customers. Require insurance for those owning a gun. Hold the military accountable for reporting data about mental health discharges to the national database. Raise the age to purchase guns to 21. Not all of these pieces are expected to be enacted soon - and none of them are THE solution by themselves. However, this constellation of agenda items can and will reduce this senseless drumbeat of gun violence. AAD remains hopeful that by voting at the ballot box, we can elect brave leaders to complete these goals. Allen Area Democrats sends our heartfelt condolences, our acknowledgment of our community’s role in producing this hateful young man that we could not stop, our sincerest apologies, and heart wrenching sympathy to the El Paso Walmart shooting victims’ families and to the entire El Paso Community. We fervently believe and proclaim that Crucius does not represent Allen’s values. With our deepest determination, we loudly proclaim, declare and demand that: Hate has no home here. Scott C.Cote President Allen Area Democrats #HateHasNoHomeHere #StopGunViolence #ElPasoStrong #AllenStrong

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