Wednesday, August 31, 2022

California Billboards Don't Tell the Whole Story

By Dr. John Lott

A lot of people are moving out of California. Over the last two years, California has lost about 300,000 people. Major companies, including Telsa, Oracle Corp, and HP have abandoned California for Texas. With high taxes, lots of regulations, high crime, poor schools, mishandling of the pandemic, and "woke" policies, it isn't surprising that many people have been willing to give up the beautiful state and fantastic weather.

Understandably, some are upset with that turn of events, but the billboards put up in Los Angeles and San Francisco are a cheap shot. They warn Californians about mass public shootings in Texas, specifically pointing to the recent Uvalde school shooting. The billboards warn, "The Texas Miracle died in Uvalde." They replace Texas’ slogan, "Don't Mess with Texas," with "Don’t Move to Texas." The billboards have received extensive national and international news coverage. But California, despite all its gun control laws, has more mass public shootings than Texas[more...]

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