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The Republican-led effort to allow Texans to carry handguns without any kind of license cleared what is likely its biggest remaining hurdle in the Capitol on Wednesday, when the Texas Senate moved in a nail-biter vote to bring the measure to the floor and then passed it. editor s pick topical featured top story Permitless carry of handgun in Texas nearly law, after Senate approves bill
Sami Sparber and Shawn Mulcahy
Texas Tribune May 6, 2021
May 6, 2021
The Republican-led effort to allow Texans to carry handguns without any kind of license cleared what is likely its biggest remaining hurdle in the Capitol on Wednesday, when the Texas Senate moved in a nail-biter vote to bring the measure to the floor and then passed it.
Sami Sparber, Shawn Mulcahy, The Texas Tribune
May 6, 2021
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Jimmy Freedom, left, and Jason Orsek pose before they and other open-carry activists demonstrated and staged a mock shooting just outside the University of Texas campus in Austin, Dec. 12, 2015. Organizers had agreed not to go on campus after university officials warned them they would be trespassing if they did; a new state law will soon permit guns owners to bring them onto state campuses. (Ilana Panich-Linsman/The New York Times)ILANA PANICH-LINSMAN/New York Times
The Republican-led effort to allow Texans to carry handguns without any kind of license cleared what is likely its biggest remaining hurdle in the Capitol on Wednesday, when the Texas Senate moved in a nail-biter vote to bring the measure to the floor and then passed it.
A new poll of registered
Texas voters has found that support for the death penalty, while still strong, has fallen significantly over the past decade. A University of Texas/Texas Tribune internet survey of 1,200 registered voters conducted from April 16-22, 2021 found that 63% say they favor keeping the death penalty for people convicted of violent crimes. That number is down from 75% in February 2015 and 78% when the poll began in 2010.
The poll found that fewer Texas voters said they want to keep the death penalty than at any prior time in the poll’s history. The numbers reflect that 19.2% of the electorate who had expressed support for keeping the death penalty in 2010 have changed their minds, nearly one in five prior supporters. Since 2015, 16.0% of those who favored keeping the death penalty nearly one in six have changed their minds.
Tomlinson: Carrying a handgun in public should require a license, just like driving
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Houston Chronicle columnist Chris Tomlinson strikes a poor example of a proper shooting stance while practicing for his Texas License to Carry test. A former soldier and war correspondent, Tomlinson had not fired a handgun in 10 years. Show MoreShow Less
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The target from Houston Chronicle columnist Chris Tomlinson’s License to Carry test. He scored 247 out of 250 on the very easy shooting test which only requires a score of 175. Tomlinson is a former soldier and war correspondent, but had not fired a handgun in over a decade. Show MoreShow Less