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Supporters of permitless handgun carry in the Lone Star State have a glimmer of hope with a new bill introduced this week-- if the state's avowedly pro-gun governor plays ball.

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Gov. Greg Abbott is calling Lone Star State lawmakers back to work, but gun carry reform did not make his list of 20 action items to focus on.

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With two bills pushing permitless carry left on the table in the Texas House this session, Second Amendment advocates want Gov. Greg Abbott to step in and call lawmakers back.

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With the legislative calendar growing short, supporters of permitless handgun carry proposals in the Lone Star State are less than optimistic their measures will become law this session.

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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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Among the low number, high priority pieces of legislation backed by the lieutenant governor for 2017 is one reducing the handgun licensing fee in the Lone Star State.

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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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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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A number of rural Democrats jumped ship in the final vote for a bill Monday to allow open carry in the Lone Star state that would include some of the largest cities in the country.

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After years of contentious struggle for and against, the Lone Star state is within reach of becoming the 45th state to allow the lawful open carry of modern handguns.

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