The lieutenant governor is no stranger to forcing votes on controversial issues, but a new gun bill the House passed has concerned some members of his Senate caucus.
A month ago Philip Archibald was a frustrated small business owner locked inside his Dallas home. Now he commands a heavily armed network of anti-lockdown vigilantes, some with extremist leanings.
The TSA would like to remind you not to bring your firearms through the security checkpoint.
An Austin man can’t post a printer gun code on the internet, but you can buy it on a thumb drive for $10.
On our latest podcast, Andy Langer talks to Houston’s top cop about the gun debate and his first eighteen months on the job.
The FBI wants the tech company to help them access information on Devin Kelley’s locked device.
Devin Kelley is only the latest mass shooter with a history of domestic violence.
A background check should have stopped Devin Kelley from purchasing a rifle.
Half a century after the 1966 UT tower massacre, mass shootings have only become more common.
A video from the people behind the ”Cocks Not Glocks” protest last August attacks the topic with satire.
Readers respond to the April 2016 special issue on guns in Texas.
What I learned (and saw) in San Antonio last fall.
Plus the answers to a few things you've probably never thought about.
From a retired Texas Ranger to a young sharpshooting queen, Texas boasts a lot of proud gun owners. Just ask them.
Our estimable advice columnist on firearms, weekend getaways, and how to properly eat a tamal.
Guns have always been part of my life, and I’ve never forgotten the lesson I learned the first time I fired one.
Welcome to the Frisco Gun Club, where the elite pack heat.
The mega-retailer’s confounding policy resulted in a tense confrontation.
Opting out or declining to opt out—either one sends a message to customers about politics.
A few questions about the state’s new law allowing guns on campus.
Maybe it’s time to try a different approach to mass shootings.
According to the governor, local mayors aren’t allowed to ban firearms in their city halls, and religious charities can only help people he approves of.
Don’t post anonymous shooting threats.
Guns: Legal to carry on campus. Sex toys: Not so much.
Of all the days for campus carry to take effect in Texas….
A Garland community center held a contest offering a $10,000 prize for the best drawing of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and it ended with two dead and a third injured.
Or a 9MM or a Ruger deer rifle. No, this is not a fake ad.
After hearing eight hours of testimony yesterday, a Senate committee approved two controversial gun bills in a 7-to-2 vote.
Concealed carry has been legal since 1996—but the number of Texans applying for CHLs has exploded since 2008.
State gun laws are more complex than open carry advocates often suggest.
How would the French cartoonists have done if they’d been armed with rifles instead of pens?
How likely is it that open-carry legislation will make it to Greg Abbott’s desk this session?
A 35-year-old Arlington woman was arrested last week for the murder of her husband and stepdaughter, and her political affiliations make this an especially heated case.
They’ve already existed in some districts for years, but now some school employees are getting intensive, police-style training in how to respond to a shooting.
A controversial rally by the Open Carry Texas group in an historically African-American neighborhood was rejected by community leaders, leading to an indefinite postponement.
In a strongly-worded letter, the nation's premiere gun-rights organization called out the activities of Open Carry groups in Texas.
Not the best way to get yourself a side of fries with that.
Note to open carry advocates: Hitching your wagon to people in banana costumes might not be the look you're going for.
A few days after the holidays, Derek Poe—a Beaumont gun store owner—was arrested for walking around a shopping mall with an AR-15 strapped to his back. While Texas allows for long guns to be openly carried in public, the question about whether or not Poe was committing a crime is
Last time the First Presbyterian Church of Dallas held a gun buyback event, it caused a stir. Will this one cause the same outcry?
Which will simply never happen. But that didn't stop the proposal from inspiring outrage.
On February 3, 2012, Fred Yazdi shot and killed 23-year-old Enrique Recio. In the latest test of Texas's Castle Doctrine, his trial ended last night with a conviction.
Saturday's open carry demonstration at the Alamo—which defied a city ordinance and featured a speaking appearance by Lieutenant Governor candidate Jerry Patterson—attracted a lot of coverage.
If someone handed me a flier that declared, "Get your guns & Head to San Antonio," I would probably get in my car and head for Dallas as fast as I could.
Perry and his pals celebrated the release of the first precision-guided firearms at the Mason ranch of TrackingPoint founder John McHale.
How could Chairman Todd Hunter allow HB 1076, by Steve Toth — the “nullification” bill — to get on the general state calendar? Calendars is not a charity booth for clueless tea party members. It’s serious business. This is the worst breach of the way Calendars is supposed
Texans don’t love guns just because we’re Texans.
