Judge Emily Tobolowsky in Dallas County dismissed Attorney General Ken Paxton’s lawsuit against the ban, which was first instituted in 2024.
Judge Emily Tobolowsky in Dallas County dismissed Attorney General Ken Paxton’s lawsuit against the ban, which was first instituted in 2024.
The measures are only awaiting the governor’s signature.
The court found that Mexico failed to prove US gun companies violated a law shielding them from liability when overlooking sales to drug cartels.
House Democrats attempted and failed to gut the measure’s protections before lawmakers ultimately voted this week to approve it.
The proposals would bolster lawful use of force or deadly force, ban gun buyback programs, and permit licensed handgun carrying at certain polling locations.
While Texas is already a castle doctrine state, individuals whom a grand jury declines to prosecute may still face civil action after exercising self-defense.
Although Texas judges currently lack the framework to issue expansive “red flag” orders for firearms, a new measure would ensure it never develops.
Pro-gun activists testified in favor of a measure that would prohibit red flag orders on firearms.
State Rep. Briscoe Cain filed the legislation after the State Fair of Texas banned firearms on the property.
State Rep. Briscoe Cain filed the “Anti-Red Flag Act” to protect Texans’ Second Amendment rights.