Son of a Gun: What to Do with a Legacy of (Unwanted) Firearms
I love my dad; I don’t love his guns.
guns
Two Years After Walmart Mass Shooting, El Paso Leaders See Inaction and Betrayal by Texas Officials
In what some call an affront to the victims’ families, Texas Republicans expanded gun rights earlier this year when the state Legislature passed a permitless carry bill.
The Lege This Week: Texas House Passes Budget, Republicans Again Reject Medicaid Expansion
And a bipartisan group in the House introduces a “Smarter Justice” initiative that’s “hardly transformative.”
The Lege This Week: Instead of Addressing Mass Shootings, Lawmakers Expand Gun Rights
The Texas House passes a controversial bill that would allow Texans to carry a handgun without a permit.
On Gun Safety, Democrats are Steeled
Texas Democrats are becoming more sure-footed in their call for gun reform legislation.
Governor Greg Abbott at NRA Convention: ‘The Problem is Not Guns, It’s Hearts Without God’
President Trump and other GOP leaders slammed the press and peddled a cocktail of conservative issues at the NRA convention in Dallas.
‘I’m Really Scared Now to Go to School’: Texas Students Lead Walkout to Protest Gun Laws
On the 19th anniversary of the Columbine shooting, Austin students called on lawmakers to take their fear and demands for gun control seriously.
Cody Wilson, Austin’s Edgelord Prince
A new documentary and a 2016 memoir by the 3-D-printed-gun designer reveal a vision of Austin as a paranoid libertarian mecca.
Moms Protest Bill That Would Remove Licensing for Handguns, Allow Them in Schools, Bars, Churches
The Republican-backed measure would largely do away with the licensing process for handgun owners.