Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke touched on gun laws, the overturning of Roe v. Wade and more during a campaign event in Edinburg on Tuesday.

O'Rourke also pointed to the latest poll from the Texas Politics Project at UT Austin, which shows the race between him and Gov. Greg Abbott is much tighter.

‘We’re down only five points now,” O’Rourke said.

Six weeks after the shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, O’Rourke criticized Abbott for his stance on gun ownership.

"Instead of after the shooting in El Paso that killed 23 people, after Sutherland Springs and Santa Fe High School and Midland, Odessa, and now Uvalde, has done nothing to keep guns out of the hands of people who use them against us and our kids," O’Rourke said.

O'Rourke made it a point to bring up events that marked big changes in the lives of Texans, including the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the subsequent banning of Texas abortions, and the winter freeze of 2021.

"In the energy capital of the world, when the temperature dropped last February, the man in power could not keep the power on for the people that he's supposed to serve," O’Rourke said.

Abbott has spent much of his campaign time talking about a strong Texas economy in the face of rampant inflation, saying President Joe Biden and Democrats share the blame. Abbott is also focusing on his border security initiative, Operation Lone Star, as immigration numbers at the border this year reach a record high.

"Cities and small towns along the Rio Grande and along the border that need our help to move those migrants elsewhere, and so we're doing our part to try to help our local communities,” Abbott said.

Both candidates are pushing hard four months ahead of November elections.