The Medina Independent School District in Bandera County is home to 303 students, and according to a sign placed by an entrance Wednesday, a few firearm-toting faculty members.
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Texas Border Cop Ordered to Remove Handgun Before Entering Cinemark Theater
At the Pharr Town Center’s Cinemark movie theater, a Texas border law enforcement official had been carrying his service pistol and badge concealed. When the cop was putting his wallet in his pocket, he momentarily displayed the handgun and badge around his waist. At that point, the theater management whose names were only released as […]
Sex Toys in Full Use During University of Texas Anti-Campus Carry Protest
Following the recent campus carry ruling in Texas, it is now okay to bring concealed carry handguns into University of Texas at Austin classrooms. This is common knowledge by this point, as the debate has been raging for over a year. Now, a new player has entered the fold as angry students and faculty are […]
Campus Concealed Carry Debate Heats Up Odessa
Photo courtesy of utsystem.edu On August 24th The University of Texas of the Permian Basin (UTPB) in Odessa will return to classes, and for the first time, students and faculty will be allowed, to carry a gun into campus buildings. The new law, SB 11, passed through the state legislation last summer and went into […]
Delivery Driver with Concealed Carry Permit Foils North Lubbock Robbery
As for the driver, no charges have been filed as he was well within his legal rights as a certified concealed carry permit holder to do what he needed to to protect himself from imminent danger.
Texas Attorney General set to sue Austin over Concealed Carry Rights
Paxton claims that the city hall is violating a law that was approved last year for Texans to openly carry handguns. The defense of the ban from city hall, is that the building is exempt due to the law’s “government court” exception, which prohibits them “on the premises of any government court or offices utilized […]
On-Campus Concealed Carry is here! Here’s what you need to know:
That school is now taking advantage of the discretion granted by the law to create stronger restrictions on where students can carry than other colleges. For example, dorm residents can have…
Texas City Looking to Allow Concealed Carry For All Public Employees
If you’re not a peace officer on duty that day, then you couldn’t carry,” adding that “My concerns would be, if we do that for employees, there are some employees that, if they were concealed carrying
Texas Now Has 1 Million Licensed Gun Carriers
In the first part of 2016 Texas hit a landmark in the exercise of the right to keep and bear arms. Now over 1 million citizens have a license to carry (ltc) in Texas. This LTC allows the citizen to carry a handgun either open or concealed in allowed places.
President Obama’s Visit to Texas Marked by Protest From Armed Open-carry Advocates
This year things were a little different than in past years, because of the passage of Texas House Bill 910, which became effect January 1st of 2016, making the open carry of handguns, not just rifles, legal to Texas conceal carry permit holders. More notably though, president Obama was a keynote speaker at the festival, […]