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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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A proposal to allow Texans with concealed carry permits to open carry modern handguns received preliminary approval in the state Senate after a strict party line vote Monday.

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In Gov. Greg Abbott's first State of the State address Tuesday, he pledged to lawmakers his priority to help pass open carry legislation in the Lone Star State despite critics.

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The Lone Star State's new governor-elect, Greg Abbott (R), fresh from his landslide victory, promised that he would sign an open-carry bill into law if it reaches his desk.

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Gun rights group Open Carry Tarrant County is threatening to return to court after Arlington, Texas, proposed a new set of rules to prevent them from handing out literature at city intersections.

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Gun rights group Open Carry Tarrant County (OCTC) won the first round of a federal lawsuit against an effort by Arlington, Texas to prevent them from handing out literature at city intersections. The group had filed suit in May against the city to prevent enforcement of a local ordinance against pedestrians handing out material along […]

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