The State Fair of Texas starts next Friday with uncertainty about its new restrictions on gun owners.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says the fair is violating state law by banning license to carry holders from bringing guns onto the fairgrounds.The State Fair is run by a nonprofit organization and the property is owned by the City of Dallas . Because it is city-owned property, Ken Paxton argues both parties are violating a state law.Meanwhile, the fair is standing by their ban.
"The practical problem is most public places where people want to go aren't operated by the government. It's the State Fair, the aquarium, the zoo. It's some private business operating on a lease by the city. So, yeah, we've got this new statute, but what is unclear is who really owns this property when you have a lease," Coale said.In 2016, Paxton gave a non-binding opinion giving nonprofits to take actions like the fair.
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