Gun violence
The El Paso Massacre, one year later
A year ago, it was an ordinary Saturday in El Paso. At least, that’s how the day started. After a ...Op-Ed: It’s been one year since the shooting in El Paso and nearly one year ...
On August 3, 2019, a gunman motivated by xenophobia and white supremacy traveled more than 11 hours through the state ...Gun safety group to invest $8 million in ousting Texas Republicans
Fresh from a victory in Virginia where Republicans lost the statehouse for the first time in decades, Everytown for Gun ...The Texas GOP spent the past two decades building a firearm-obsessed state. No one is ...
After a string of deadly back-to-back mass shootings in recent years, Texas Republicans continued their argument —give guns to more ...Police chief lambasted John Cornyn on Violence Against Women Act
At a news conference on Monday, Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo made national headlines for calling out Sen. John Cornyn ...Cornyn’s troubles around the Violence Against Women Act continue
More than seven months after House Democrats passed a bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, Senate Republicans have ...Role reversal: Cornyn’s extreme right position on guns makes Lt. Gov. Patrick look reasonable
Things are topsy turvy in Texas. A right-wing conservative now backs a specific background check on gun purchases while a ...‘You are destroying our party’: Patrick intensifies GOP civil war
It’s not something you see often, or ever: Lt. Gov Dan Patrick, long time darling of the National Rifle Association, ...Call us skeptical of Dan Patrick v. N.R.A.
Hardcore N.R.A. member Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick supporting a type of gun background check doesn’t pass the smell test. Politics ...Rep. Gutierrez calls Abbott’s executive orders on guns “nothing”
More than 60 Texas House Democrats have urged Gov. Greg Abbott to call a special session of the legislature to ...Reps. Crenshaw and Ocasio-Cortez duke it out on Twitter
Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw wrote on Twitter on Tuesday that among his reasons to oppose universal background checks is has ...Democrats embark on full-court pressure campaign to address gun violence
On Wednesday, Democratic lawmakers across Texas renewed calls for Gov. Greg Abbott to call an emergency special session to address ...
