A political shootout at Travis County Commissioners Court ended with victory for proponents of tougher gun restrictions on Tuesday. The court voted 4-1 to update Travis County Code to include language that forbids employees of departments that report to the court from carrying deadly weapons on county property or in county vehicles. The language includes […]
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Since January 1, 2016, Texans have been permitted to openly carry holstered handguns, except where explicitly prohibited.
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Commissioners Court adjusts its aim on gun policy
Travis County Commissioners Court will resume a debate over guns at its regular Tuesday voting session, but it won’t exactly be picking up where it left off late last year. In the three weeks since County Judge Sarah Eckhardt postponed a vote on updating the county code to align it with a new state law, […]