The city has 15 days to make the State Fair reverse its ban on all firearms — including licensed concealed carry — before Paxton says he'll seek legal action.
Attorney General Ken Paxton said Wednesday he’ll seek legal action if Dallas does not order the State Fair of Texas to reverseThe city owns Fair Park, which it leases to the State Fair during the 24-day event. Paxton said in a release the fair's recently announced ban on all firearms at the fair — excluding current and some former peace officers — violates a state law that prohibits banning licensed carry from properties owned or leased by governmental entities.
If the policy isn't reversed, Paxton's office may seek civil penalties between $1,000 and $1,500 for each day the firearm ban is not lifted, according to theThe City of Dallas did not immediately return a request for comment. Karissa Condoianis, the State Fair's senior vice president of public relations, said the fair's policy on firearms is legal because the fair itself is a private nonprofit, not a government agency.
The letter to Dallas states that although the State Fair may have relied on that opinion to craft its new firearm policy, “such reliance was misplaced in regard to the 277-acre Fair Park.”
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