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AUSTIN — Sunday shoppers across Texas could buy booze before noon, under a bill the Senate approved Friday. The measure cleared the chamber in 26-4 and now...

If you can buy a gun legally you should be able to conceal it, Louisiana lawmakers say Lawmakers in Louisiana and Texas are trying to give anyone who can have a handgun the right to conceal it on their person; Its called permitless carry. Author: Osama Ayyad Updated: 4:30 PM CDT May 6, 2021 NEW ORLEANS — When it comes to carrying weapons in Louisiana, people who legally own a handgun or rifle can carry it in public in an overt fashion— thats typically referre...

Texas Senate poised to vote on constitutional carry Bethany Blankley, The Center Square contributor © Provided by Washington Examiner A week after Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said he didn’t have the votes in the Republican-led state Senate to pass constitutional carry, he’s now saying he will bring the bill to the floor for a vote. Texas is one of the only Republican-led states that has not passed a constitutional carry bill. In constitutional carry states, residents can legally ...

As political pressure builds, Texas Senate looks for path forward on permitless carry for handguns As political pressure builds, Texas Senate looks for path forward on permitless carry for handguns 3 hours 56 minutes 13 seconds ago Sunday, April 25 2021 Apr 25, 2021 April 25, 2021 11:39 AM April 25, 2021 in News - Local Source: https://www.texastribune.org/ Share: With political pressure mounting, the Texas Senate is searching for a way to advance a measure allowing the permitless carry of hand...

Hundreds of handguns and rifles for sale at McBride’s Gun’s in Central Austin on April 20, 2021. Credit: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. With political pressure mounting, the Texas Senate is searching for a way to advance a measure allowing the permitless carry of handguns, even as support for it across the upper chamber remains in doubt. The Senate has b...

Skip to main content Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says constitutional carry bill doesnt have the votes to pass Texas Senate FacebookTwitterEmail Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick presides over the State Senate on the second day of the 87th Texas legislature on Jan. 13, at the Texas State Capitol, in Austin, Texas. The Texas House has given initial approval to a permitless gun carry bill. (Lynda M. Gonzalez/The Dallas Morning News/TNS)Lynda M. Gonzalez, MBR / TNS They have also defended gun rights. But now mem...

Credit: Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribune Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. In legislative session after legislative session late last decade, gun rights supporters pushed for a new law that would allow Texans to carry handguns without a license. Their cause did not go far in 2015 — and neither did it in 2017. In 2019, a Democratic lawmaker recalled Thursday evening, the bill didn’t even get a hearing...

More Pro-Second Amendment Bills Moving in the Texas Senate and House Ammoland Inc. Posted on IMG NRA-ILA U.S.A. -(AmmoLand.com)- While reports about the House passing House Bill 1927, NRA-backed permitless carry legislation, dominated the news this week, there are a number of other significant pro-Second Amendment measures that are progressing through the legislative process as well.   We thank the authors of this important legislation for their work to push these initiatives throu...

After stalling for years, effort to allow permitless carrying of handguns sees major breakthrough in Texas House Texas Tribune Published:  Tags:  Credit: Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribune Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. In legislative session after legislative session late last decade, gun rights supporters pushed for a new law that would allow Texans to carry handguns without a license. Their cause did not go f...

April 14, 2021 - 4:30pm By Don Wiener and Alex Kotch State legislative leaders and members of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) are spearheading many of the GOPs efforts at voter suppression in the states, especially those that saw close 2020 presidential results. More than 360 bills have been introduced in 47 states to restrict voting access since the beginning of the year, according to the Brennan Center for Justice, which tracks state legislation on voting and elections. T...