US EditionThe State Fair of Texas opens with a new gun ban after courts reject challenge
- The State Fair of Texas opened on Friday with a new firearms ban due to a shooting last year that injured three, despite pressure from Republicans for looser gun laws.
- The ban has led to backlash, including a lawsuit from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and opposition from numerous Republican legislators.
- Attendance for this year's fair, which runs for 24 days, is expected to exceed 2 million people, making it one of the largest in the U.S.
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The State Fair of Texas opens with a new gun ban after courts reject challenge
DALLAS (AP) — The State Fair of Texas opened Friday under a new firearms ban, having withstood weeks of pressure from Republicans who had charged into a public rift with one of the state’s most beloved institutions and have spent years championing looser gun laws. Organizers put the ban in place following a shooting last year that injured three people and sent some fairgoers running and climbing over barriers to flee. By the time thousands of vi…
Paxton challenges Texas State Fair firearms ban again after appeals court decision
AUSTIN (KXAN) — In a petition filed Wednesday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton challenged the Texas State Fair firearms ban. The goal of the petition was to “prevent the City of Dallas from assisting the State Fair of Texas in enforcing a firearms ban that would unlawfully prohibit Texans who are licensed to carry from exercising their rights,” according to the AG’s Office. Previously, a Texas appeals court denied Paxton’s request to temporari…
Attorney General Paxton Appeals State Fair of Texas’ Gun Ban to Supreme Court - Texas Scorecard
The latest movement on the case comes one day after the state’s new 15th Court of Appeals denied Paxton's expedited request to block the ban. The post Attorney General Paxton Appeals State Fair of Texas’ Gun Ban to Supreme Court appeared first on Texas Scorecard.
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