Four years after the Texas Legislature passed a bill attempting to get around a federal registration requirement on gun silencers, Congress is weighing whether to do away with it altogether.

Languages: English. Texas lawmakers voted to pass a bill that would remove short-barrel firearms from the state's list of banned weapons. If it becomes law, the legislation, SB 1596, would mark a ...

How dare you come to me and tell me what the City of San Antonio should do with their tax dollars?' Sen. Roland Gutierrez ...

In a 95-44 vote, Senate Bill 3 passed in the House, banning all THC products including edibles and drinks with THC.

Gun buyback programs run by local governments across Texas could soon be illegal under a bill passed by the state Legislature this week. The ban, which needs Gov. Greg Abbott’s final sign-off to ...

Since SCOTUS decided that modern gun laws should reflect America’s history, researchers have been combing through records ...

A bill preventing cities from hosting gun buyback programs is heading to the governor’s desk. Supporters called the programs a waste of taxpayer money, while opponents called the bill government ...

Gov. Abbott has until June 22 to sign or veto the bill. If he doesn’t, the bill will automatically become law and go into effect Sept. 1.

This year’s gold and silver legislative push comes roughly a decade after Texas created the country’s first state-run ...

The Texas House passed the bill in an ... Tobacco and Firearms in a process that involves submitting the serial number and names of people involved in the sale. Republicans said the change ...

Firearm silencers could soon get deregulated if the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which cleared the ... favor of loosening federal barriers to the sale of silencers and have impressed upon lawmakers ...

The 89th regular session of the Texas Legislature ended Monday. While this newspaper supported several high-profile bills ...