Guns In Texas

As part of his school and gun safety plan, Gov. Greg Abbott wants to explore a law that would allow local officials to take guns away from people if a judge declares them a danger — while also protecting Second Amendment rights. It's an issue that has previously gone nowhere in the Texas Legislature.

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Following Gov. Greg Abbott's recommendations on school gun safety, members of a Senate committee on school violence debated the efficacy of expanding programs that already arm faculty and school staff.

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We livestreamed a meeting of the Texas Senate Select Committee on Violence in Schools & School Security.

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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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Both chambers hope to have certain fixes in place before students return to school in August. 

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After a mass shooting, state officials and candidates were drawn into a public discussion of what to do next. The Democratic candidate for governor, someone with actual law enforcement experience, has had a more muted response.

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The plan includes new gun laws, training for school officials and an app.

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In this edition of the TribCast, Texas Tribune political reporter Patrick Svitek sits down with CEO Evan Smith, executive editor Ross Ramsey and education reporter Aliyya Swaby.

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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?

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Gov. Greg Abbott will unveil a plan Wednesday to make the state's schools safer in light of the recent shooting rampage in Santa Fe that killed 10 people.

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A week after a student killed 10 people in Santa Fe High School, his classmates and teachers convened at the Capitol to discuss possible solutions for preventing future school shootings at the last of three roundtables on school safety Gov. Greg Abbott held this week.

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Architects and school safety experts say that campuses are already designed with minimizing death in mind — but that architecture can only go so far.

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The Republican governor said he could get behind a few proposed regulations that arose from the second day of discussions on school and gun safety after a fatal shooting in Santa Fe.

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In this edition of the TribCast, the first one after the party primary runoffs, Texas Tribune Executive Editor Ross Ramsey sits down with Political Editor Aman Batheja and reporters Patrick Svitek and Emma Platoff.

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Republican Gov. Greg Abbott hosted his first of three roundtable discussions on gun violence at the Capitol Tuesday.

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House State Affairs Committee Chairman Byron Cook joined a growing chorus of Texas politicians who have already asked Abbott to call back lawmakers to weigh proposals on the issue.

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Lawmakers will meet with students, educators and advocates on both side of the guns debate starting Tuesday to discuss potential legislative changes in light of the Santa Fe High School shooting.

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Abbott will instead give away a $250 gift certificate.

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Maybe the mass shooting at Santa Fe High will be the one that spurs Texas leaders to replace thoughts and prayers with thoughts, prayers and action. In a state with a list of seemingly intractable problems, that would be a useful precedent.

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The annual meeting of the gun-rights group is expected to draw more than 70,000 people from across the United States — and protests from gun-control advocates galvanized by recent mass shootings. 

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