A new state House committee on firearm legislation had its inaugural meeting this week, debating a range of gun bills for the first time since last year’s massacre at an Uvalde elementary school.
that prohibits people from carrying firearms on school grounds and around school-sponsored activities. The existing language is so vague, Hefner said, that it could be applied to any place where students are gathering off campus, like at a public library or on a field trip.
“While well-intentioned, some of the information required for disclosure … is unnecessary and actually causes would-be foster parents to abandon the licensing process altogether,” Harris said. “When it comes to straw purchases in particular, the average gun owner in Texas really isn’t the problem,” said Nicole Golden, the executive director of the nonprofit Texas Gun Sense. “The problem is a small subset of individuals who are allowing those with documented violent histories to obtain firearms and harm our children and communities.”that would prevent minors and anyone else who is not legally able to purchase a weapon from buying certain firearm magazines.
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