Abbott used his
campaign money to produce and place ads on media websites in New York City and
Albany encouraging residents to move to Texas. Why? To avoid the severe gun
restrictions put into place by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, as well as the
high income taxes of the Empire State.
One ad reads:
“WANTED: Law abiding New York gun owners seeking lower taxes and greater
opportunities.” If the viewer clicks on the ad, the link goes to a Facebook
page extolling the advantages of moving to Texas, such as the lack of an income
tax which would enable people to “keep more of what you earn and use that extra
money to buy more ammo.”
Abbott minced
no words courting New Yorkers, saying:
Texas is better
than New York, and New York just gave us another excuse to say that… It is
tongue in cheek, but there is a deeper message here. Texas really does stand as
the last bastion of ultimate freedom in this country. Over the last decade,
more than 4 million people moved to this state, and one reason is freedom and
one reason is economic opportunity.
New Yorkers are
now limited by Cuomo’s new restrictions, including an expansion of the assault
weapon ban already in place and limits on ammunition capacity.
Texas is a
different matter; Abbott has committed to sue to block any gun restrictions
enacted by Congress.
Source: http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/01/17/Texas-Official-To-NY-Gun-Owners-Come-On-Down
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