Bill to let people carry handguns without license passes Texas Senate on strength of GOP votes
Bill to let people carry handguns without license passes Texas Senate on strength of GOP votes
Now it heads back to the House, where members can accept the Senate changes or request to negotiate a final version.
State Sen. Beverly Powell, D - Burleson, listens to State Sen. Charles Schwertner, R - Georgetown, speaks in favor of House Bill 1927, the permitless gun carry bill, at the Capitol on Wednesday May 5, 2021. (Jay Janner / American-Statesman)
AUSTIN A proposal to let people carry handguns in public without a license or training cleared a major hurdle Wednesday, winning passage in the Senate and putting Texas on a path to become the latest state to lift firearm permitting requirements.
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The Republican-led effort to allow Texans to carry handguns without any kind of license cleared what is likely its biggest remaining hurdle in the Capitol on Wednesday, when the Texas Senate moved in a nail-biter vote to bring the measure to the floor and then passed it. editor s pick topical featured top story Permitless carry of handgun in Texas nearly law, after Senate approves bill
Sami Sparber and Shawn Mulcahy
Texas Tribune May 6, 2021
May 6, 2021
The Republican-led effort to allow Texans to carry handguns without any kind of license cleared what is likely its biggest remaining hurdle in the Capitol on Wednesday, when the Texas Senate moved in a nail-biter vote to bring the measure to the floor and then passed it.
Sami Sparber, Shawn Mulcahy, The Texas Tribune
May 6, 2021
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Jimmy Freedom, left, and Jason Orsek pose before they and other open-carry activists demonstrated and staged a mock shooting just outside the University of Texas campus in Austin, Dec. 12, 2015. Organizers had agreed not to go on campus after university officials warned them they would be trespassing if they did; a new state law will soon permit guns owners to bring them onto state campuses. (Ilana Panich-Linsman/The New York Times)ILANA PANICH-LINSMAN/New York Times
The Republican-led effort to allow Texans to carry handguns without any kind of license cleared what is likely its biggest remaining hurdle in the Capitol on Wednesday, when the Texas Senate moved in a nail-biter vote to bring the measure to the floor and then passed it.