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University of Texas Campus Carry Ban

Texas’s “Sanctuary City” Status Leads to Lawmaker Gun Threat

Republican Rinaldi makes gun threat.

Republican lawmakers seem to be losing their cool lately. Just days after a report surfaced of Montana GOP House candidate (at the time) Greg Gianforte* with assaulting a reporter who questioned him a bit too harshly about health care, a new report involving a Republican…
Posted 7 years ago
By Reed Gilchrist
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Texas State Handgun?

Texas’s Official State Handgun?

The state handgun of Texas might soon be designated.

Most states have a state motto, state flower, state bird and other basic things like that. Texas has a state sport (rodeo), a state mammal (take a guess....it's the Texas longhorn) and a state tree (the pecan). But it doesn't yet have a state handgun.…
Posted 7 years ago
By Reed Gilchrist
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University of Texas Campus Carry Ban

Request to Ban Texas Campus Carry Law Denied

3 college professors fail to get Texas Campus Carry Law banned

In the latest in the University of Texas campus carry ban, a federal judge denied three University of Texas professors’ request to deny students their right to carry firearms into classrooms. The Austin-based UT professors failed in their attempt to have the ban put in place before…
Posted 8 years ago
By Michael Thomas
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University of Texas Campus Carry Ban

Texas Reaches One Million Plus Concealed Carry Holders

1,017,618 to be exact

In the second largest state in the union, more than one million are now licensed for concealed carry. Out of Texas's nearly 27 million people, numbers show that as of April 30, 2016, 1,017,618 of them are concealed carry permit holders. Open carry has only been legal in…
Posted 8 years ago
By Reed Gilchrist
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New Texas Open Carry Law Explained By Firearms Instructor

Texas Firearm Instructor Talks About House Bill 910 And What it Means

The new open carry bill that took effect on Jan. 1 in Texas is being better explained by a firearms instructor. House Bill 910 essentially means anyone with a concealed carry license doesn't have to hide their pistols, but they'll still have to be holstered. Roy Balli,…
Posted 8 years ago
By Michael Thomas
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