Watch as we look back at some of the news made at the 2018 Texas Tribune Festival.
gun rights
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Split Decision for 2018 Election
We set up a virtual debate between Beto O’Rourke and Ted Cruz. Hear where they stand.
Watch O’Rourke and Cruz virtually debate issues like immigration, guns and health care.
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Criminal Justice
3D-printed gun designer Cody Wilson arrested in Taiwan
Wilson, an Austin resident, was wanted on a charge of sexual assaulting a teenage girl.
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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick states opposition to “red flag” gun laws
After a Senate hearing on the laws, which can remove guns from people deemed dangerous, Patrick indicated any legislation would die in his chamber.
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Politics
Meet the small-town student activists emerging in Texas after the mass shooting in Santa Fe
Just as the Parkland shooting turned Florida students into activists, the Santa Fe High School shooting mobilized a group of students to push for change in their conservative community.
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Public Education
Special education advocates worry Texas governor’s school safety plan will accelerate school-to-prison pipeline
As a recent spate of school shootings has provoked nationwide panic, some advocates and parents are worried school and state officials’ response to the May massacre at Santa Fe High School could harm some students more than it protects them.
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Criminal Justice
After the Santa Fe shooting, a lawsuit aims to “effect change.” Can civil cases do what legislation hasn’t?
The lawsuit filed against the Santa Fe shooting suspect’s parents aims to hold gun owners responsible for the way they store their firearms around their troubled children. Experts say it fits into a nationwide pattern of gun liability cases that aspire to keep gun owners and manufacturers accountable through fear of high-cost lawsuits.
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Criminal Justice
After Santa Fe, 54 percent of Texas parents support arming teachers, poll says
The poll was conducted in the days immediately following a deadly school shooting in Southeast Texas.
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Criminal Justice
Gov. Greg Abbott announces school safety plan and proposed changes to gun laws after Santa Fe shooting
The governor’s announcement follows three days of roundtable discussions about school safety last week at the Capitol. He said he was open to a special session to implement some of his ideas.
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Analysis: After a mass shooting, a Texas governor’s call to arms
The timing of a terrible school shooting — as his re-election campaign kicks into high gear — gave Gov. Greg Abbott room to call for a change in the debate that usually follows these kinds of tragedies. What will he do with it?
