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State of Texas vs City of Dallas and State Fair Update

Amended Petition brings new individual plaintiffs and causes of action to the case. City of Dallas pushes initial hearing to September 19, days ahead of the opening of the fair.

State Fair of Texas: A Recap to Date

What has happened, what the legal issues are, and what's to come.

Attorney General Ken Paxton Leads Multistate Coalition Suing Biden Administration Over Unlawful Ban On Private Firearms Sales

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is leading a multistate coalition including Louisiana, Missouri, and Utah to sue the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF”) of the U.S....

TSRA 2024 Annual General Meeting Legislative Update

TSRA 2024 Annual General Meeting
Legislative Update
 
 
The Texas Legislature meets in Regular Session for 140 days in odd-numbered years.  Currently, we are in the legislative...

Calling all Texan Voters!

Calling all Texan voters! The Texas primary election on Tuesday, March 5, is just around the corner.
Your Second Amendment rights are always at stake, and the TSRA, in collaboration with our NRA partners,...

Attorney General Ken Paxton Issues Enforcement Guidance For State Laws Prohibiting Public Contracts with Companies Unlawfully Maintaining "ESG" Policies

AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued an advisory letter providing updates and guidance on the enforcement of laws passed by the Texas Legislature restricting government entities from...

New Details Leaked on Biden Administration’s Upcoming Background Check Power Grab

Last week, we reported on the Biden Administration’s treacherous move to defund scholastic archery, hunting, and marksmanship programs under an obscure provision of the Orwellian Bipartisan Safer...

It’s a Feature, not a Bug: Permit Numbers Decline Despite Bruen - Update on New York City Permitting Process

The United States Supreme Court ruling striking down New York State’s concealed carry permit rules as unconstitutional was big news in June of 2022, but indications are that officials in the Big...

Texas Legislature Ends Regular Session After Passing a Trio of Pro-Second Amendment Bills & Rejecting Gun Control Measures

The Texas Legislature adjourned from the 2023 Regular Session on Memorial Day and was immediately called back into a special session on property tax relief and human smuggling issues. The 140-day session...

RED RYDER AND A GUN FOR CHRISTMAS

Mention Christmas and guns and most people will instantly think of Ralphie, the lead character in the 1983 movie A Christmas Story, which was based on humorist Jean Shepherd's semi-autobiographical tale...

THE 88TH TEXAS LEGISLATURE OPENS

The 88th Session of the Texas Legislature opened Tuesday, when the House convened. The Senate will begin its session today.