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Tag: gun safety

Town Square

What Are Gun Rights And Gun Regulation Issues Facing Texas – And The Country?

Catherine Lu

Posted on June 8, 2021 · Today, we discuss gun safety, violence and policy, as well as social justice.

Tags Charles "Rocky" Rhodes Dru Stevenson Elwyn C. Lee George Floyd gun policy gun safety gun violence Policing racial equity Sandra Guerra Thompson social justice South Texas College of Law Houston The University of Houston Racial Equity and Social Justice Committee

Gun control

Gun Safety Groups Face Uphill Battle In Face Of COVID-19

Andrew Schneider

Posted on April 7, 2020 · Two national gun control organizations are mounting an $8 million campaign to flip the Texas State House and elect “Gun Sense” members to Congress

Tags 2020 election Coronavirus COVID-19 gun rights gun safety

Harris County

Harris County Unveils New Gun Safety Measures

Andrew Schneider

Posted on October 30, 2019 · The steps include expanding the Safe Surrender Program to get guns out of the hands of those charged with domestic violence.

Tags gun control gun safety gun violence Harris County Commissioners Court Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo

Texas

Texas To Launch $1 Million Gun Safety Awareness Campaign

Florian Martin

Posted on June 18, 2019 · Gov. Greg Abbott signed the state’s budget into law, which includes a two-year gun storage safety campaign.

Tags firearms gun safety gun storage shootings Texas Legislature

News

Houston Gun Violence Commission Recommends High Tech Safety Measures

Florian Martin

Posted on August 15, 2018 · In time for the new school year, Mayor Turner’s Commission Against Gun Violence announced its recommendations

Tags gun safety mass shootings Santa Fe High School Shooting sylvester turner

Houston Matters

Houston Might Join Campaign for Gun Safety Focusing on Manufacturers

Houston Matters / HPM Digital Team / HPM News Staff

Posted on July 26, 2018 · The Metropolitan Organization is promoting the ‘Do Not Stand Idly By’ initiative that encourages gunmakers to use higher industry standards.

Tags Art Acevedo gun safety houston texas

Houston Matters

Political Roundup: Revoking Security Clearances, And Ongoing Concerns About Russian Interference

Abner Fletcher

Posted on July 25, 2018 · The Houston Matters experts discuss the latest political stories with an eye for how they might affect Houston and Texas.

Tags David Branham gun safety Jay Aiyer Political Roundup politics Robert Mueller Russian interference security clearances Special Counsel

News

‘Road To Change’: Students Set Sights On Gun Control In Texas

Camille Phillips, TPR

Posted on July 11, 2018 · The Parkland activists are visiting cities across the country this summer to keep the conversation going after gaining the nation’s attention in February.

Tags gun control gun safety gun violence school safety

News

Guns Chill Free Speech, UT-Austin Professors Will Argue At Federal Appeals Court

Matthew Choi Texas Tribune

Posted on July 11, 2018 · Three UT-Austin professors sued to end a state law mandating campus carry in Texas. Though a federal judge dismissed the suit, the fight isn't over as the case goes to a federal appeals court.

Tags gun gun safety texas texas law UT Austin

News

Should Texas Have A Law To Mandate Safe Gun Storage?

Florian Martin

Posted on July 9, 2018 · Opinions differ on what’s needed to prevent shooting accidents

Tags accidental shooting gun safety guns shooting

News

2-Year-Old Boy Dead After Self-Inflicted Gunshot

Davis Land

Posted on July 9, 2018 · The shooting happened Sunday afternoon in northwest Houston

Tags abbott accidental Boy gun safety gunshot shot

News

Fate Of ‘Red Flag’ Law Likely To Rest With Patrick

Andrew Schneider

Posted on July 5, 2018 · The Texas Republican Party adopted a platform opposing such a measure, which previously gained bipartisan support as a means of curbing school shootings. Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick has yet to make his position known.

Tags Governor Greg Abbott gun safety Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick red flag law Texas Republican party

News

Texas Republicans Turn To Newtown Group To Promote Gun Safety Education

Ryan Poppe, TPR

Posted on June 7, 2018 · The governor’s office will provide a $1 million grant to gun industry-affiliated group to educate Texans about safe gun storage.

Tags greg abbott gun safety gun violence Texas Rifle Association

News

Santa Fe Students Call For Tougher Gun Laws, More Counselors on Campus

Laura Isensee

Posted on May 25, 2018 · The group of students also said that they have mixed emotions about returning to school next Tuesday.

Tags gun laws gun safety march for our lives Santa Fe Santa Fe Shooting

News

After Santa Fe Shooting Talks, Abbott Expresses Support For Mental Health Checks, Reporting Stolen Guns

Jolie McCullough, Texas Tribune / MOSE BUCHELE/ KUT

Posted on May 23, 2018 · Here are 22 ideas Gov. Abbott shared for stopping school shootings

Tags greg abbott gun safety roundtable Santa Fe High School Shooting

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