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Texas again lowers restrictions on certain firearms, passes on regulations

Lawmakers passed a handful of bills aimed at easing access to guns as a new pediatric study links state legislation to increased firearm deaths.

The Texas Tribune

As suicide rate increases, gun safety advocates call for more firearm regulations

A recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report showed a new record for people using firearms in suicides. Texas gun safety and mental health advocates say the report highlights a need for gun laws the state does not have.

The Texas Tribune

Texans do not need a license to carry, but some gun owners still want one

Since the permitless carry law passed in 2021, Texans have not needed a license to carry a gun. But gun instructors and some gun owners still see the benefits in taking the classes necessary to obtain a license.

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‘We want justice’: Anger in Uvalde a year after school shooting

Victims’ family members upset over lack of law enforcement accountability and progress on gun laws.In

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Uvalde families' push for gun control barely moves the needle

Republican leaders remain unwilling to restrict firearm access.

Axios

Gun safety advocates see signs of progress in first session after Uvalde shooting even though raise-the-age bill stalled

Emotions often ran high over a proposal to limit young adults’ access to some firearms. Lawmakers have largely prioritized school safety measures, but there was still progress for some gun-related legislation.

The Texas Tribune

Rare GOP votes in Texas for gun bill after mass shootings

Republican state representatives' head-turning votes are helping advance a bill in the Texas House that proposes raising the purchase age for AR-style rifles

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After years of little progress, Texas gun control and safety advocates see some small openings for dialogue at the Capitol

Many bills that would limit access to firearms or ammunition likely won’t become law anytime soon. But people who advocate at the Texas Capitol see emerging signs that there’s appetite for finding some middle ground.

The Texas Tribune

Texas drops its defense of a law that bans young adults from carrying handguns in public

AUSTIN, Texas — Young adults may soon be allowed to carry handguns in public, after the state on Tuesday gave up defending the age-based restrictions in court.

Tribune News Service

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 harm’s way.

The Texas Tribune

Texas leads nation in mass shootings, and gun statistics point to why

DALLAS — When a disturbed teenager in Uvalde sought a high-powered rifle that could fire numerous rounds, he didn’t have far to go. Texas has more licensed gun dealers and manufacturers than any other state, according to a Dallas Morning News analysis of federal gun licensing data.

Tribune News Service

Inside the minds of Americans who do not think guns are a problem

Republicans in Texas double down on their pro-gun stance after the latest in a string of mass shootings in the state.

Al Jazeera

Texas hardened schools. It didn't help

Experts say there’s no evidence Republican proposals work to prevent school shootings

Salon

How lawmakers in thrall to the NRA stifle gun safety laws

Powerful lobbying groups spent nearly $5m last year to expand gun rights while limiting curbs on who can have a firearm and how they can carry it

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