Guns In Texas

Meet the Texas-based church security business training worshippers to fight back in mass shootings

by Stacy Fernández

Texas has seen two mass shootings in churches in three years, which has some churchgoers exploring training programs to take down an attacker. Full Story 

Trump administration sets into motion return of online 3D gun blueprints

by Stacy Fernández

An Austin man posted blueprints for the world's first fully 3D-printed gun online in 2013. They've been blocked from the internet twice. Full Story 

Texas law protecting armed churchgoers draws national attention after White Settlement shooting

by Abigail Hauslohner, Deanna Paul and Kim Bellware, The Washington Post

Top Texas officials touted the law, saying it saved lives. Gun control advocates, meanwhile, argued stricter gun laws would have prevented the shooting in the first place. Full Story 

Analyzing 2019: Texas shootings and 2nd Amendment politics

by Ross Ramsey

Shootings in El Paso and Odessa prompted fresh questions and conversations about gun violence in Texas, even among some of the state’s elected Second Amendment advocates. Full Story 

Analysis: A Houston police death and the debate over who should have guns in Texas

by Ross Ramsey

The proliferation of mass shootings has opened up the debate about gun laws among politicians in Texas, and about whether new restrictions are needed. But not among all Texas politicians. Full Story 

Analysis: The middle is intriguing but uncrowded in Texas politics

by Ross Ramsey

In a state that has been closely tied to conservative politics for decades, some Texas politicians are edging into a political desert: the middle. Full Story 

Analysis: Why Texas Republicans are launching trial balloons on gun laws

by Jim Henson and Joshua Blank

Two University of Texas/Texas Tribune pollsters say top state officials edging into slightly tighter gun control laws are taking their cues from the changing electoral climate — not from changing attitudes among voters. Full Story 

Texas had 7 mass shootings over 10 years. Meanwhile, gun control has loosened statewide.

by Mandi Cai and Stacy Fernández

Texas has a history of deadly mass shootings. Many have sparked public debate about what legislation should be passed to prevent another one. Full Story 

TribCast: The UT/TT pollsters’ latest survey of Texas views on politics and policy

by Ross Ramsey and Michael Rey de Leon

On this week’s special pollster edition of the TribCast, Ross talks to Josh Blank, Jim Henson and Daron Shaw from the University of Texas about the findings of the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. Full Story 

Texas shootings haven’t upended voters’ views on guns, UT/TT poll finds

by Ross Ramsey

A slim majority of Texans favor stricter gun laws, but voters have their limits, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll Full Story 

Voters are worried about leadership, border issues, health care and guns, UT/TT Poll finds

by Ross Ramsey

National leadership and border issues top the list of voter concerns about the country; at home, it's the border and gun control, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. Full Story 

El Paso Mayor Dee Margo says he won't support mandatory buyback of assault weapons

by Kiah Collier

During a panel at The Texas Tribune Festival, Margo doubled down on his support of background checks but stopped short of supporting any other gun control measures. Full Story 

How to report a possible community, school safety threat in 10 minutes

by Stacy Fernández

Community members can report a potential threat to iWatchTexas via an app, online or over the phone. The resource launched last year, shortly after the shooting at Santa Fe High School. Full Story 

Watch a 2019 Texas Tribune Festival conversation about El Paso, Dayton and mass shootings

by Texas Tribune Staff

Watch a conversation with El Paso Mayor Dee Margo and Dayton, Ohio, Mayor Nan Whaley as they talked about an unbearably tragic weekend and a remarkably resilient aftermath. Full Story 

Analysis: Texas gun laws might not change, but the conversation is evolving

by Ross Ramsey

Repeated mass shootings can change officials' minds about their policy stances. After recent massacres, Texas politicians and officeholders are talking about guns in new ways. Full Story 

How hard-charging Dallas lawyer William Brewer III helped fuel a civil war inside the NRA

by Carol D. Leonnig and Tom Hamburger, The Washington Post

The well-known attorney’s hardball methods were labeled “Rambo tactics” long ago by other Dallas lawyers. Now the Democratic donor has emerged as a major figure in the fracturing of the powerful gun lobby. Full Story 

TribCast: Texas Democrats get their debate moments; a gun debate at home

by Emma Platoff and Michael Rey de Leon

In this edition of the TribCast, Emma talks to Ross, Patrick and Alexa about the Democratic debate, background checks for stranger-to-stranger gun purchases and a Fort Worth woman who faces a five-year prison sentence for casting a ballot that didn’t count. Full Story 

Analysis: Back on the outs, right where Michael Quinn Sullivan thrives

by Ross Ramsey

The conservative Empower Texans leader was out of favor with Republican state leaders at the end of the legislative session. Now he's on the outs with them in a whole new way. Full Story 

Beto O'Rourke's call for mandatory buyback of assault weapons roils Texas politics

by Patrick Svitek

The Democratic presidential candidate's proposal has upended the gun debate nationwide, but perhaps nowhere more dramatically than in Texas. It's here that both parties are facing internal divisions as they work to respond to recent shootings in El Paso and Odessa. Full Story 

Texas Republican lawmaker to Beto O'Rourke: "My AR is ready for you"

by Brandon Formby

State Rep. Briscoe Cain's tweet was taken as a death threat against a presidential candidate from a state that recently experienced two mass shootings. Full Story