Guns

Four people were injured in a shooting at a North Texas high school Wednesday morning. Three people were taken to local hospitals. One was in critical condition Wednesday afternoon.

In the city where 23 people were killed in a massacre at Walmart, some support the law that allows people to carry a gun without a permit, while others think it may lead to more gun violence.

After several mass shootings in Texas, some Republican leaders — including Gov. Greg Abbott — pledged to try to prevent another incident from happening again. But stricter gun laws did not come out of the 2021 legislative session.

While the state’s new permitless carry law has received the most attention, Gov. Greg Abbott signed a slew of gun-related legislation during the 2021 legislative session.

Starting Sept. 1, anyone who legally owns a gun will be allowed to carry it in public without a license in Texas.

Starting Sept. 1, most Texans will be able to carry handguns in public without going through training or having to get permits. Law enforcement officers worry that could make their jobs more dangerous.

Facing a nationwide increase in violent crime — particularly involving firearms — President Joe Biden will meet Monday with law enforcement, local elected officials and advocates to discuss his efforts to address gun crimes.

After Texas was rocked by back-to-back mass shootings, some of the state’s top Republican leaders promised change. Gun safety advocates and Democratic lawmakers hoped gun violence prevention might become a priority. Yet the legislative session that just wrapped moved in the opposite direction.

The Legislature passed a bill allowing Texans to carry handguns without a license or training — an expansion of gun rights so divisive Republican leaders in previous years refused to touch it.

The Republican-dominated Legislature approved the measure Monday, sending it to Gov. Greg Abbott, who has said he will sign it despite the objections of law enforcement groups who say it would endanger the public and police.

Some blame the U.S.'s high rate of police shootings on racism or militarism. But another theory says there's a simpler problem: American police aren't taught how to grapple with armed suspects.

House Bill 1927 would nix the requirement for Texas residents to obtain a license to carry handguns if they’re not prohibited by state or federal law from possessing a gun.