AUSTIN, Texas — Texas will now let people carry handguns without first getting a background check and training. It's the latest and largest on a growing list of states to roll back permitting ...

Texas lawmakers handed a series of victories to gun rights advocates in the recently wrapped legislative session, making it easier to possess certain firearms while banning red-flag laws that allow ...

Among the gun-related bills waiting for Gov. Greg Abbott's approval is Senate Bill 3053, which bans gun buyback programs. (Scott Stephen Ball For The Texas Tribune, Scott Stephen Ball For The Texas ...

A person holds a gun at a demonstration in Austin in 2020. The Texas Legislature is considering a bill that would ban red flag laws, which allow firearms to be temporarily removed from someone deemed ...

While state senators in the eastern wing of the Capitol on Monday were debating a bill that would repeal regulations on short-barreled firearms like the one that was used in the 2018 Santa Fe High ...

Three people, including a 4-year-old child, were killed last week in a North Austin shopping center, in a state where the Legislature has repeatedly rolled back gun safety laws. As Austin-area ...

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas lawmakers passed another set of ...

Texas lawmakers passed another set of bills making it easier for gun owners to access and keep firearms, and expanded the kinds of weapons they can access. The push for looser regulations on firearms ...

Texas lawmakers passed several bills loosening gun restrictions, including allowing short-barrel firearms without federal registration and restricting protective orders. Bills facilitating handgun ...