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Texas Law Shield supports U.S. Rep. Brian Babin’s Alternative Ammunition Manufacturing Act (H.R. 3802), which would compel BATFE to issue a ruling on new ammunition-making requests within 60 days of receiving a waiver application, or else the application will be automatically granted. “Over the past three and a half years, the ATF has failed to... [Read More]

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Law Shield members whose college-age adult children may be attending or planning to attend the University of Texas-Austin should know that a citizen-disarmament group called “GunFreeUT” is demanding that the University restrict the civil rights of their fellow students, faculty, administrators, and family when a new campus-carry law takes effect next year. The new state... [Read More]

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Law Shield wants to point out an important concept contained in a KHOU-TV story: The details as reported: A Houston homeowner shot and wounded a suspected burglar in the head around 10:30 a.m. on a mid-November day. According to KHOU-TV: “Shaken up after, the homeowner reportedly told police he fired his handgun because he thought... [Read More]

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Law Shield members should know that their duly-licensed college-age children will not be allowed to carry concealed weapons on the grounds of Texas Christian University, based in Fort Worth. The TCU Board of Trustees voted Friday, November 13, to reject the law, which takes effect August 2016, and only applies to concealed weapon license-holders. Public... [Read More]

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Law Shield members should know that their duly-licensed college-age children will not be allowed to carry concealed weapons on the grounds of Texas Christian University, based in Fort Worth. The TCU Board of Trustees voted Friday, November 13, to reject the law, which takes effect August 2016, and only applies to concealed weapon license-holders. Public... [Read More]

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The United States Supreme Court decided not to review a lawsuit against a Texas state trooper who shot and killed a fleeing suspect in Mullenix v. Luna. In the case, Beatrice Luna had sued Texas State Trooper Mullenix because he shot and killed Israel Leija, Jr., in 2010 during a high-speed auto chase. Two lower... [Read More]

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Texas Law Shield members should be happy to see that according to one demographic ranking firm, the state’s cities are well down the list of most dangerous nationally. In a compilation of the top-100 most dangerous cities in the country determined by using FBI data from all 17,000 local law-enforcement agencies in America, NeighborhoodScout developed... [Read More]

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On Tuesday, November 3, 2015, Texas voters overwhelmingly approved a Constitutional amendment that protects Texans’ right to hunt, fish and harvest wildlife, and to prevent future legislative attempts to limit the right.  It further holds that hunting and fishing are preferred methods for managing and controlling wildlife. It further ensures that wildlife conservation and management decisions... [Read More]

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In our October newsletter, we wrote about how the efforts of Texas Law Shield Independent Program Attorney Edwin Walker were successful in getting the 30.06 sign removed from the entrance to the Houston Zoo, allowing CHL holders to carry concealed without fear of being arrested.  The sign had been improperly posted for nearly a decade,... [Read More]

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One of the questions our independent program attorneys are asked most often is, “Does it matter what ammunition I use in my handgun from a legal perspective?” The short answer is: probably not. Why do we say “probably not?” From the law’s point of view, if you have been forced to use your firearm to... [Read More]

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A University of Texas economics professor has quit his post because of the new campus-carry law going into effect next year. Sue Killam Professor Emeritus Daniel Hamermesh wrote in a letter to University President Greg Fenves that the law, which goes into effect Aug. 1, 2016, and would allow licensed gun owners to carry concealed... [Read More]

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Researchers at the Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Public Health say there’s no data to back up the claim that issuing more permits to carry concealed handguns will lower crime rates. Law Shield members will naturally disagree with this finding because we’re concerned about crime affecting us personally, and not necessarily about generalized

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