Guns In Texas

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

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The Democratic presidential candidate offered an unapologetic defense of his proposal to mandate buybacks of assault weapons.

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Texas Republicans are talking openly — and in opposition to gun rights advocates — about firearms restrictions that used to be sacrosanct for conservative politicians.

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It's been almost 20 years since a gunman killed seven people in a church in Fort Worth. Price was among a group of mayors who visited the White House on Monday to push for some gun reform.

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The frequent allies traded jabs in the wake of two mass shootings in Texas.

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Shootings in Odessa and El Paso added pressure on Republican state leaders to do more to protect Texans. But in a state that prides itself on lenient firearms laws, the politics are treacherous.

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