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Think owning a gun is all the protection you need? The fact is that innocent gun owners go to jail every day just for exercising their right of self-defense. Don’t let it happen to you! Find out how to protect yourself after you’ve pulled the trigger by attending one of our events. Get the facts... [Read More]

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Think owning a gun is all the protection you need? The fact is that innocent gun owners go to jail every day just for exercising their right of self-defense. Don’t let it happen to you! Find out how to protect yourself after you’ve pulled the trigger by attending one of our events. Get the facts... [Read More]

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  Members, mark March 11 on your calendars! You don’t want to miss this opportunity try out that new gun or to sharpen your shooting skills at a Texas Law Shield Range Day. Our friends at Boyert Shooting Center in Katy, Texas, are offering free range time exclusively to Texas Law Shield members during the... [Read More]

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There is a “new” case that came out that is making its way around the internet. It is the case of Commonwealth v. Goslin. Perhaps you’ve heard about it, maybe you’ve read it. If you haven’t read it yet, you should. You can find the text here. To me, this case creates more questions than it does... [Read More]

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  Governor Greg Abbott is leading a coalition of nine governors in filing an Amici Curae — or friend of the court brief — to the United States Supreme Court in the case of Peruta v. the County of San Diego. At stake is whether Californians, and citizens of other states traveling in California, can... [Read More]

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Holli Costanza has worked at Eagle Gun Range in Lewisville, Texas since it first opened almost five years ago. Costanza is a Firearms Instructor and Range Safety Officer, and she teaches Handgun Training and LTC classes, among other duties. She also schedules Eagle Gun Range’s revolutionary Children’s Parties. This extremely family-friendly indoor gun range offers Children’s... [Read More]

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During a conversation with Mark Levin at the recently concluded 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) blasted a February 4th Circuit Court decision upholding a Maryland “assault weapon” ban, saying the decision was “nuts.” Speaking with Conservative Review Editor-in-Chief Mark Levin, the Texas senator said, “The Fourth Circuit used to... [Read More]

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In the Lone Star State, cities and counties generally may not regulate the ownership or carry of firearms, ammunition, and knives — with a couple of pretty important exceptions. Click the video link above to watch Independent Program Attorney Edwin Walker of Walker & Byington in Houston tell you how to stay legal in the great state of... [Read More]

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Texas Law Shield Independent Program Attorney Emily Taylor discusses the intricacies of the law of self defense in Texas when people are doing bad things at night. Does darkness expand your ability to protect yourself and your property?  

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  The U.S. Senate (57-43) and the U.S. House of Representatives (235-180) have both passed H.J.Res.40, important gun-owners’ rights legislation that now heads to President Donald Trump. The measure would block the implementation of an Obama-era rule under which the Social Security Administration (SSA) would report the names of tens of thousands of beneficiaries annually... [Read More]

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  Adam Painchaud, director of the SIG Sauer Academy in New Hampshire, teaches a simple pistol drill that can improve your trigger-finger discipline and overall accuracy. If you know you’re flinching in anticipation of the shot, then work on correcting it by trying this drill.

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  Every day the news reports that some of our fellow citizens get out of control and make mistakes in how they comport themselves, and that can lead to hard feelings, then need to defend yourself, and then maybe a call to 9-1-1 after matters have been settled. If you have to call 9-1-1 for help,... [Read More]

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