Texas lawmakers handed a series of victories to gun rights advocates in the recently wrapped legislative session, making it easier to possess certain firearms while banning red-flag laws that allow ...

Texas lawmakers passed several bills loosening gun restrictions, including allowing short-barrel firearms without federal registration and restricting protective orders. Bills facilitating handgun ...

Three people, including a 4-year-old child, were killed last week in a North Austin shopping center, in a state where the Legislature has repeatedly rolled back gun safety laws. As Austin-area ...

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A slate of new laws will go into effect Sept. 1 in Texas. State legislators passed hundreds of new laws during the recently concluded regular session, from a ban on cellphones in schools to new labels ...

While some states strengthen restrictions, others are loosening gun laws. April 5, 2013 -- The Newtown school massacre has prompted much legislation concerning gun laws, but ironically most of the ...

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A flurry of new laws will go into effect Sept. 1 in Texas, including a law requiring public schools display the Ten Commandments in each classroom. John Bazemore / AP A slate of new laws will go into ...