After years of balking at what some Second Amendment advocates call the Holy Grail of gun laws, a new bill passed by Republicans in the Texas Legislature this year went into effect on Sept. 1 ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A big change has arrived for gun laws in the state of Texas. Starting Sept. 1, Texans who legally own a firearm can carry it openly, without a permit. The state is joining ...

September 1, 2021 5:01 AM ET. Heard ... In Texas, 666 new laws go into effect Wednesday passed by the ... The law doesn't change eligibility for gun ownership. Texas handgun owners must still be ...

House Bill 1710 will require the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to notify a judge if a defendant has served 75 days. House Bill 4510 will change how agencies and public colleges report ...

HB 2470 would lower the legal age for carrying a handgun to 18 for those not otherwise restricted by law. While proponents cite constitutional grounds and the ability of 18- to 20-year-olds to ...

Texas . Texas, which is overwhelmingly Republican, has recently passed several laws making it easier for people to access guns. On 1 September last year, a "constitutional carry" law came into ...

Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Tuesday defended his call for a school boycott until gun laws change, telling CNN’s Kate Bolduan it “would shock the nation” but that he believes ...

Texas has some of the loosest gun laws in the United States. Governor Greg Abbott last year signed into law several pieces of legislation to further ease restrictions, including making it easier ...

Gun deaths in Texas rose 44% between 2013 and 2022, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Legislature also forbade state and local governments from doing business with ...

As Texas Republicans push to loosen gun laws, shooting survivors push back Lawmakers considered bills to roll back a state law regulating short-barrel firearms on Monday.

The Texas laws have already shaken up the state's bond market, with major players like Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase absent from most bond deals in the state since the gun law came into ...