New gun safety group heads to Austin to push for gun bills
Collin County Parents Against Gun Violence formed after the mass shooting to spark change in the state's gun laws.
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Collin County Parents Against Gun Violence formed after the mass shooting to spark change in the state's gun laws.
CBS News Texas decided to look into what Texas' laws say about who can own firearms and where it's legal to carry them.
Democratic State Sens. Roland Gutierrez and Sarah Eckhardt are speaking at the state capitol, alongside relatives of the victims of last year's mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde.
There is no word yet on what impact, if any, Saturday's shooting in Allen will have on the final weeks of the Texas Legislature.
About 35 states have enacted some form of "stand your ground" laws — or expanded "castle doctrine" laws — in the decade following Trayvon Martin's shooting death.
A U.S.-based technology company says it has built the world's first biometric smart gun.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said he will sign a controversial, first-in-the-nation gun control law patterned after a Texas anti-abortion law.
Fifteen Republicans joined Democrats to pass the bipartisan-negotiated bill.
Speaker after speaker in Washington, D.C., called on senators to act or face being voted out of office.
The legislation passed mainly along party lines 223-204, with five Republicans joining all but two of the Democrats.
Democratic Senator Chris Murphy said he's hoping for a framework by the end of the week.
That would be enough to overcome any filibuster and send a bill to the floor. The Texas Republican is in a bipartisan group of senators negotiating a gun reform package.
The House measure would raise the age for purchasing semiautomatic centerfire rifles from 18 to 21 and ban large-capacity magazines.
