88th LegislatureGunsState HouseState SenateStatewide NewsTexas Senate Takes Up Bill to Prohibit Banks from Tracking Firearms Purchases
A Texas state representative’s bill aims to prevent banks from tracking private firearm sales.
A Texas state representative’s bill aims to prevent banks from tracking private firearm sales.
Two Republicans joined House Democrats to advance a measure raising the age to purchase certain firearms.
A bill seeking to remove short-barrelled rifles from the list of prohibited weapons now heads to committee.
Part of Biden’s order seeks to implement gun reform legislation supported by Texas Sen. John Cornyn.
Despite a federal appeals court declaring a federal ban on bump stocks illegal, the ATF indicated it is still enforcing the ban.
Speaker Dade Phelan has established the new committee to review all proposed gun laws.
The federal government is facing more court challenges to the recently adopted rule banning pistol braces on firearms.
The court wrote its opinion wasn’t based on whether preventing those under protective orders from having guns is a laudable policy.
Gun rights advocates are suing over an administrative rule that criminalizes possession of millions of commonly used firearms equipped with pistol braces.
Texans 18 to 20 years of age will be allowed to carry handguns after State of Texas withdrew its appeal of a federal court’s ruling.
Cornyn also faced backlash among staunch conservatives for his bipartisan appropriations bill that included limited gun control measures.
Pointing to the U.S. Supreme Court's Bruen ruling in June, the Texas federal judge ruled unconstitutional the nationwide prohibition.