GUN SAFETY
Ken Paxton withdrew an opinion on gun bans weeks after suing Texas state fair for a similar restriction
| September 17, 2024
Attorney General Ken Paxton withdrew an eight-year-old legal opinion that gave private nonprofits the green light to ban guns on land they lease from a city.
Texas jurors are deciding if a student’s parents are liable in a deadly 2018 school shooting
| August 19, 2024
An attorney for the parents of a Texas student accused of killing 10 people in a 2018 school shooting near Houston told trial jurors Friday that they didn't know their son would have a psychotic breakdown.
Attorney General Ken Paxton threatens to sue Dallas over State Fair gun ban
| August 15, 2024
A state fair spokesperson said they would cooperate with the city of Dallas’s guidance on the matter.
Site of deadliest church shooting in US history is torn down over protests by some Texas families
| August 13, 2024
Crews on Monday tore down a Texas church where a gunman killed more than two dozen worshippers in 2017, using heavy machinery to raze the small building even after some families sought to preserve the scene of the deadliest church shooting in U.S. history.
Kamala Harris has spent decades fighting to protect people from gun violence
| July 25, 2024
While serving as San Francisco’s district attorney, Harris became known for prosecuting domestic abusers. As attorney general of California, her office investigated and seized firearms from those who unlawfully possessed them. And as a US senator, she co-sponsored bills to ban assault weapons.