tr?id=&ev=PageView&noscript=

VIDEO: Texas lawmaker wants to overturn gun ban at State Fair

gettyimages

(Photo by leekris, Getty Images)

By Katie Serrano

January 10, 2025

Firearms were banned at the State Fair of Texas in 2024, but now a Republican lawmaker wants to overturn that decision by preventing gun bans on government property.

Rep. Briscoe Cain’s House Bill 1715 requires private entities to agree not to ban firearms when they lease land from the government. The State Fair of Texas, a nonprofit, hosts the event at the 277-acre Fair Park, which it leases from the city of Dallas.

@couriertexas

Firearms were banned at the State Fair of Texas in 2024, but now a Republican lawmaker wants to overturn that decision by preventing gun bans on government property. Rep. Briscoe Cain’s House Bill 1715 requires private entities to agree not to ban firearms when they lease land from the government. The State Fair of Texas, a nonprofit, hosts the event at the 277-acre Fair Park, which it leases from the city of Dallas.

♬ original sound – CourierTexas

CATEGORIES: STATE LEGISLATURE

Author

  • Katie Serrano

    Katie Serrano is the DFW Political Reporter for Courier Texas. She received both her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree from the University of Arkansas in Editorial Journalism and News Narratives. She is passionate about making local journalism accessible and engaging young audiences, and has worked in editing, content management, newsletter production, social media marketing and data reporting. When not obsessing over the news she can be found with her nose in a romance novel, walking her Bernese Mountain Dog around her Lower Greenville neighborhood, or watching reruns of The Great British Bake Off.

Politics

Related Stories