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The legislature put the finishing touches on a popular measure greatly reducing the license to carry fee in the Lone Star State.

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The House this week voted in favor of a Senate bill greatly reducing the handgun licensing fee in the Lone Star State.

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The Senate this week voted in favor of reducing the handgun licensing fee in the Lone Star State while the House is looking at allowing carry without a permit altogether.

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The Lone Star State could be the largest in the country to codify the right to carry a concealed handgun without a permit if a bill filed this week becomes law.

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With the ability to openly carry handguns taking effect this year, some in the law enforcement community are asking lawmakers to take a harder look at the practice after a deadly shooting.

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Predictions of chaos and pandemonium from those against open carry in the Lone Star state so far seem off base as the nation's most populous state kicked off the practice.

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With the new open carry law coming into effect in Texas in two weeks, the nation's ninth largest city is getting the word out as to what will and will not be acceptable.

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A long and sometimes bitter struggle this session to reform gun rights in the Lone Star state came to a head at a shooting range in Pflugerville where Gov. Greg Abbott signed two measures into law Saturday.

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Texas is about to become the 45th – and most populous – state in the nation to allow some form of handgun open carry after the legislature shot off a proposal Friday to the ready pen of Gov. Abbott.

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After a bill to bring open carry to Texas ran into interference in the House Wednesday night, controversial gun rights activist Kory Watkins took to social media.

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A move to bring open carry to the Lone Star state saw bipartisan support to bring the measure one step away from landing on Gov. Abbott's desk.

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Following passage of open carry legislation this week, the police chief of the nation's 11th-most populous city is forecasting problems with ISIS, gang members, drug cartels, and outlaw motor cycle gangs.

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