Texas lawmakers are considering a bill prohibiting the State Fair of Texas from banning the carrying of firearms inside the annual fair.
A policy forbidding fairgoers from carrying guns in Fair Park was adopted and enforced last year in response to a shooting at the fair's Food Court in 2023 that injured three people.
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WATCH HERETexas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton spent a lot of time last fall unsuccessfully arguing against the ban, claiming the fair's policy unlawfully prohibited licensed gun owners from carrying their weapons in places owned or leased by governmental entities.
Because the city of Dallas owns Fair Park and leases the fairgrounds to the State Fair, Paxton said the fair couldn't prevent people legally allowed to carry weapons from doing so. The Texas Supreme Court rejected a last-minute appeal and allowed the State Fair's policy to remain in place.
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SIGN UP Texas Sen. Bob Hall, R-Rockwall, is now attempting to fight the ban with legislation imposing fines for any contractor attempting to prohibit license holders from carrying a handgun on government-owned property. Hall said the restrictions by the State Fair undermine the intent of state law and Second Amendment rights and create unnecessary barriers for responsible gun owners.
온라인카지노사이트 5 contacted representatives with the State Fair for comment on the legislation, but has not yet received a reply.
If passes and is signed into law, it'd go into effect on Sept. 1.
This year's State Fair of Texas runs from Sept. 26 to Oct. 19.
