Nicole Golden, Executive Director of Texas Gun Sense

Nicole Golden, Executive Director of Texas Gun Sense

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Texas Lawmakers Undermine Public Safety with Dangerous Gun Legislation: Communities Push Back

In a stunning rebuke to growing public demand for commonsense gun reform, the Texas Legislature has passed two controversial bills — Senate Bill 1596, which legalizes short-barrel firearms, and Senate Bill 1362, which bans the use of Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) in the state and seeks to penalize entities that enforce ERPOs from other jurisdictions.