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GUN RIGHTS


Conroe brewery receives flood of threats, harassment after canceling Kyle Rittenhouse event

The CEO of Southern Star Brewery said the cancellation was prompted primarily by concerns from local patrons rather than pressure from a โ€œwoke mobโ€ or distributors such as H-E-B.

Federal judge in Texas rules that disarming those under protective orders violates their Second Amendment rights

U.S. District Judge David Counts signed another opinion Thursday that cited a lack of historical record on laws relating to domestic violence to justify disarming abusers. Advocates fear the ruling will put more victims in harmโ€™s way.

Panic buttons, automatic locks and bulletproof windows top the proposed safety rules after Uvalde shooting

These proposed requirements could take effect this school year after the Texas Education Agency takes public comment into consideration.

Dark-money group features Uvalde shooter footage in ad criticizing Abbottโ€™s gun policies

The ad drew swift pushback from Republicans criticizing its use of the gunmanโ€™s image.

Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan rules out raising the minimum age to buy a firearm

At the 2022 Texas Tribune Festival, the Texas House speaker also signaled willingness to consider exceptions to the stateโ€™s abortion ban.

Texas judge rules that people under felony indictment have the right to buy guns under the Second Amendment

A judge appointed by former President Donald Trump based his decision on a June U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down New Yorkโ€™s concealed carry law.

Not so fast: Greg Abbott, Texas Republicans face a complex election landscape after abortion ruling, Uvalde shooting

Both Gov. Greg Abbott and Beto Oโ€™Rourke hope to define the election on issues viewed as favorable to their own parties.

Federal judge says Texas canโ€™t ban 18- to 20-year-olds from carrying handguns

U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman, who cited the Second Amendment in his decision, stayed the ruling pending appeal.

John Cornynโ€™s disapproval among Texas voters worsened dramatically as he negotiated a bipartisan gun bill, new poll shows

The Republican U.S. senator shepherded landmark gun legislation through the Senate last month. Between April and June, his disapproval rating went from 39% to 50%, according to a Texas Politics Project poll.

How John Cornyn and the U.S. Senate defied 26 years of inaction to tackle gun violence

Four senators, including Cornyn, used a distinctive combination of policy expertise, legislative experience and political courage to push past obstacles that had repeatedly stymied previous attempts at compromise.

Texas congressman Tony Gonzales, who represents Uvalde, breaks with House Republicans to vote for gun bill

The U.S. House passed the legislation Friday afternoon. Nearly all Texas Republicans voted against it. The bill is widely viewed as a series of modest changes to current gun regulations, falling far short of proposals pushed by House Democrats and President Joe Biden.

Texas Senate Democrats call again for a special session on gun safety in response to Uvalde shooting

The senators said they would support proposals like raising the age to legally own an assault weapon from 18 to 21, creating red flag laws and regulating private gun sales.

U.S. senators reach deal on gun legislation in aftermath of Uvalde shooting

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, was one of the lead negotiators for the proposal, which would expand background checks for people under 21 and encourage states to enact โ€œred flagโ€ laws. President Joe Biden and House Democrats had wanted to go further.

Protesters across U.S. and Texas join March for Our Lives rallies against gun violence

Outside the Capitol in Austin, relatives of Jackie Cazares, 9, and Annabell Guadalupe Rodriguez, 10, two of the 19 students killed at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, tearfully addressed a crowd.

Texas Republicans want to arm more school employees, but few districts are opting in

Since Texas launched the school marshal program in 2013, just 84 school districts out of more than 1,200 have armed school staff. Educators say the programโ€™s lack of popularity shows that teachers donโ€™t want to be the ones to defend schools from mass shootings.

Texas politicians search for solutions after another mass shooting. Experts say weโ€™ve already found them.

In arguing over causes of the latest mass shooting, political debate often overlooks the range of incremental steps that could lessen the chances of mass killing and help address the nationโ€™s persistent gun violence.

Some Texas GOP donors urge Congress to act on gun control measures like โ€œred flagโ€ laws, expanded background checks

More than 250 self-declared gun enthusiasts, including donors who have contributed to Gov. Greg Abbottโ€™s campaigns, have signed on to an open letter supporting Sen. John Cornynโ€™s efforts at bipartisan gun reform legislation.

Partisan tensions flare among Texans in congressional gun hearing

House Democrats are combining several gun policy bills into one large package known as the Protecting our Kids Act. Among the measures in the bill: raising the age to purchase semi-automatic weapons to 21; outlawing the sale, manufacture, transfer or possession of a large-capacity magazine; and creating tax breaks for purchasing proper gun storage equipment.

Sen. Roland Gutierrez, who represents Uvalde, says itโ€™s a โ€œslap in the faceโ€ to be left off committee responding to shooting

Gutierrez, a Democrat who has been critical of the stateโ€™s response to past shootings, said Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick also snubbed state senators whose districts were affected by shootings in El Paso and Santa Fe.

Gun ownership is ingrained in Uvaldeโ€™s culture. Some here are rethinking how it should be regulated.

Longtime Uvalde residents say the city is a hunting mecca and the love for guns goes right along with it. But some would now support measures like raising the age limit to buy AR-style weapons or monitoring high-volume ammunition purchases.

Beto Oโ€™Rourke renews calls for tougher gun laws after Uvalde shooting, including on assault weapons

Oโ€™Rourke became known on the presidential campaign trail for his โ€œHell yesโ€ promise to ban assault weapons. Heโ€™s been less vocal about the policy in his run for governor but this week, after the school shooting in Uvalde, heโ€™s been newly assertive about the issue.

After another mass shooting, Texas Democrats again push for gun control measures

The question moving forward is whether Democrats, outnumbered in the Texas Legislature for two decades, will be able to put enough pressure on lawmakers to move on a previously intractable issue in gun-friendly Texas and that Republicans, who support looser gun laws, will fight tooth and nail.

A gun and a prayer: How the far right took control of Texasโ€™ response to mass shootings

The โ€œGod-given rightโ€ to self-defense has become a rallying cry in Texas politics, further cementing gun ownership as a holy cause and political identity. The stateโ€™s Republican leadership has spent decades carrying the banner.

Addressing NRA in Houston, Donald Trump rejects gun regulations and calls for school safety overhaul

Trump spoke at the Houston event three days after the Uvalde school shooting.

Uvalde gunman legally bought AR rifles days before shooting, law enforcement says

He brought only one of the rifles with him into the elementary school, according to the briefing. The other was left in a truck he crashed nearby.

Confronted with mass shootings, Texas Republicans have repeatedly loosened gun laws

Gov. Greg Abbott and other Republican leaders signaled an openness to some gun restrictions after recent mass shootings. But in the last several years, lawmakers have eased gun laws, most notably by passing a permitless carry bill last year.

Texas has had eight mass shootings in the past 13 years, while lawmakers have steadily loosened restrictions on carrying firearms

Texasโ€™ recent string of deadly mass shootings has sparked public debate about gun rights โ€” and a host of laws aimed at preventing the next one.

More Texas voters unhappy than satisfied over power grid, abortion and property taxes, UT/TT Poll finds

Most voters approve of using state money to add border barriers between Texas and Mexico. But 57% disapprove of a new abortion lawโ€™s provision allowing lawsuits against people who help someone get the procedure.

Abortion providers and gun rights advocates are โ€œstrange bedfellowsโ€ in fight to strike down Texasโ€™ new abortion law

A gun rights group filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in opposition to Texasโ€™ abortion law, fearful that similar statutes could be crafted in other states to target gun ownership.

Texas lawmaker defends new permitless carry law against criticism from gun control advocate

The law that went into effect Sept. 1 allows anyone 21 years or older to carry a handgun in public without need for a permit or training.

Abortion ban, permitless carry, elections bill: The week that solidified Texas' hard right turn after the 2020 election

Texasโ€™ new near-total abortion ban, one of the most restrictive in the nation, punctuated a week that brought into stunning relief just how far the stateโ€™s political pendulum has swung to the right since the 2020 election.

Texas House, Senate strike compromise on bill legalizing permitless carry of handguns

The agreement advances the legislation even closer to becoming law. Abbott has said he will sign such a proposal.

Analysis: Judge legislators by what gets their attention โ€” and their neglect

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