Author: TXGRStaff

August 30, 2024

Attorney General Ken Paxton just filed a lawsuit against the State Fair of Texas and the City of Dallas for their outrageous, illegal ban on firearms at the fairgrounds.

If you recall, TXGR quickly submitted a detailed legal brief to Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office, urging him to challenge this unlawful ban in court if the State Fair refused to rescind their anti-gun policy.

So we’re thrilled to report that AG Paxton has followed through on his warnings… and even more excited to learn that TXGR’s brief played a crucial role in shaping this lawsuit!

In fact, many of the key arguments we highlighted in our briefing were directly reflected in the legal arguments AG Paxton is now using in court:

• State Law Violations: We pointed out that the ban violates Texas Government Code § 411.209, which prohibits government entities from restricting licensed carry on public property. This is now a central argument in the lawsuit.
• Public Property Argument: We emphasized that Fair Park is publicly owned and that the City of Dallas cannot lawfully delegate its authority to ban firearms to a private entity like the State Fair. This argument is foundational in the AG’s case.
• Government Involvement: We highlighted the significant involvement of the City of Dallas in the operation of the Fair, which makes the State Fair’s actions subject to constitutional scrutiny. AG Paxton is now using this same argument in court.
• Lack of Legal Authority: We made it clear that both the City Manager and the State Fair lack the legal authority to enforce this ban, a point that is being vigorously argued in the lawsuit.

This lawsuit is a direct result of our hard work — and your unwavering support!

In spite of what many in the fake news media claim, this is not a cut-and-dry “private property rights” issue.

The State Fair of Texas is hosted at Fair Park, which is owned by the City of Dallas — and paid for by citizen tax dollars — making the firearms ban on fair grounds ILLEGAL.

So AG Paxton’s lawsuit not only directly challenges their illegal firearm ban — but a victory could have implications for ALL Texans wanting to protect themselves and their families on public property statewide…

But the fight is far from over.

We need to keep the pressure on to ensure that our Second Amendment rights are not trampled by anti-gun bureaucrats and overreaching local governments.

Here’s what I’m asking you to do right now:

1.) Email Attorney General Ken Paxton TODAY at info@kenpaxton.com.

Thank him for taking this bold stand against the State Fair of Texas and the City of Dallas. Let him know that you fully support his lawsuit against the State Fair of Texas and the City of Dallas, and that you’re counting on him to see this fight through to the end.

2.) Rush back your most generous donation to Texas Gun Rights NOW.

We’ve come this far because of supporters like you, but we need to keep the momentum going. Your financial support is critical in helping us continue to lead the charge for gun owners across Texas.

Whether it’s $20, $50, $100, or more, every dollar you contribute goes directly to defending our rights and holding anti-gun politicians accountable.

Remember, this is not just about the State Fair — it’s about setting a precedent.

If we allow this gun ban to stand, it opens the door for every city, every county, and every anti-gun bureaucrat in Texas to try the same.

We MUST win this fight, and with your help, we will.

And when we win, this could set a HUGE precedent to OVERTURN similar gun bans on public property across the state… including the Houston Rodeo.

August 29th, 2024

Last week, while the Democratic National Convention was being held in Chicago, Illinois, an attending delegate from Texas was robbed at gunpoint near the hosting venue.

The attendee, whose identity has not been revealed by the press, was taking a 2:00 AM stroll with a companion through Chicago’s theater district when he was targeted by a ski mask-clad gunman. According to the Chicago police department, the assailant, along with his getaway driver in a black SUV, had been conducting a string of robberies throughout the week. Another individual, a man 25 years of age, was robbed just moments before the delegate, having his wallet and hotel room key stolen.

Since speeding off in their Range Rover, the criminals have yet to be found, although Chicago Police are currently on the hunt. The attackers have been described as two black males standing between 5’7 and 5’9, wearing all black with black ski masks. No injuries were reported.

As previously discussed here at Texas Gun Rights, Chicago was truly the perfect city to host the DNC. The left-wing stronghold city touts crime and violence rates comparable to third-world nations while simultaneously upholding some of the strictest gun control laws in the nation. Additionally, their city government takes an intensely soft-on-crime approach, emboldening the many criminals that terrorize residents and visitors in the windy city. The town serves as a perfect representation of the horrendous results of legislative rule by the Democratic Party.

Unfortunately, one such Democrat had to learn this the hard way.

Without making light of the victim’s unfortunate situation, there is significant irony in the story of this man, who attended a convention to promote the disarmament of Americans and leniency towards criminality, inevitably falling victim to an armed criminal in the city that most adequately upholds his personal values and preferred policy goals.

This event is possibly indicative of a larger phenomenon within the Democratic Party and leftwing ideology altogether. Leftists conceivably lack a very fundamental understanding of human nature, that being the reality of evil, and they possess an overly optimistic and naive view towards those who commit it. There also seems to be an intrinsically absent danger perception system in the leftist mind. What else explains one walking through Chicago at 2 in the morning? 

Perhaps at the time of his attack, the victim wished to find himself back in the great state of Texas, where the right of the people to keep and bear arms to defend themselves is valued and protected by Constitutional Carry. Perhaps the victim wished he was anywhere other than a city that continually allows hardened criminals and repeat offenders to be released on the street through the elimination of cash bail. Perhaps, even just for a moment, he developed an appreciative understanding of his pro-2nd Amendment opponents and their reasonable desires for the God-given right to self-preservation to be maintained.

This is all, unfortunately, merely wishful thinking.

Most right-wing individuals understand the dangers of walking through the most crime-ridden city in America in the dead of night and would do anything to avoid placing themselves in such a situation. They understand that no matter what laws are in place, evil people are going to do evil things, and good people are needed to stop them. Murder is illegal, but people still murder. Guns are heavily restricted and borderline illegal in Chicago, but people still get guns in Chicago.

Gun control laws only serve to disarm law-abiding gun owners and leave them defenseless against hardened criminals, as was the case here with this DNC delegate. The 2nd Amendment is necessary for individuals to maintain the safety of themselves and their families from the reality of violent, malicious, and evil people who wish harm upon the innocent. Those who wish to remove or infringe upon this most fundamental liberty, whether due to, at best, naivety or, at worst, malevolence, must be discredited and defeated.

Texas Gun Rights is the Lone Star State’s premiere NO COMPROMISE gun rights organization. We work tirelessly to defend your God-given liberties and Constitutional rights to self-defense and preservation. To assist us in our mission, donate below!

August 29th, 2024

It’s no secret that our God-given Constitutional liberties have been under attack for decades. Radical Leftists in the federal government have seized every opportunity to gradually chip away at the American people’s right to self-defense and self-preservation, and Establishment Republicans have done little to defend their constituents from the ongoing assault. In the months leading up to the 2024 presidential election, Democrats have been louder and bolder than ever before in broadcasting their true intention and ultimate goal of confiscating firearms from law-abiding citizens. 

Make no mistake, the enforcement of such an act by federal authorities would be nothing short of an affirmative declaration of civil war.

With Joe Biden stepping out of the presidential race, the farthest-left-wing former senator and vice president in American history, Kamala Harris, has been undemocratically thrusted into the position of Democratic presidential nominee. Despite receiving a total of zero primary votes, she has become the frontrunner of the party by way of installation. Being one of the most liberal politicians to emerge into mainstream politics, even out of a state like California, her views on gun policy reach higher levels of tyranny than even the likes of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

The Democratic nominee recently promised to a group of journalists that should congress fail to enact a federal gun ban and confiscation within her first 100 days in office, she will take executive action to make the dystopian policy a reality. Inherent within this announcement is a direct threat of violence against the over 82 million legal gun owners in the country. Such a policy would constitute forceful invasion of homes and seizure of assets at gunpoint by the Radical Left’s equivalent of Brownshirts.

This should come as no surprise, as Kamala Harris has previously praised the Australian gun confiscation program, which took place in the 1990’s and involved the forced removal of over 700,000 legally owned firearms. It should also be noted, just as a reminder, that Australians were forced into medical containment and isolation camps during the COVID-19 pandemic. Kamala has additionally called for Red Flag laws and the institution of a federal gun registry in the past.

Consider for a moment the pragmatic application of a federal gun confiscation. This would entail millions of ATF agents and perhaps military service members invading private residences across the country by force and demanding normal people to surrender their lawfully owned firearms. Without due process or congressional authority, the Second Amendment, which was the foundation for American Independence and the bulwarking defense of all other Constitutional rights, will be reduced to ashes. Many will rightfully resist, leading to mass casualties and chaos nationwide. Those who don’t will be rendered defenseless from any subsequent governmental infringements, and tyranny will ensue with absolute impunity.

The reality is that the American people will resist. Not only the people, but entire state’s as well, granted they possess competent and courageous leadership. Society as the American people know it would descend into utter pandemonium and the country would be torn apart completely. Federal Gun Confiscation would mean the collapse of the union and the outbreak of a second civil war.

And rightfully so. 

The exact style of a tyrannical government that America’s founding fathers so clairvoyantly warned the citizenry about is at our doorstep. Some would say that we’ve been living under its boot for decades. Such radical proposals by the Democratic Party, and the very real possibility of their success in November should serve as a wake up call to all Americans that their inherent rights as human beings, bestowed upon them by their Creator and not any governing authority, are under attack like never before. 

Texas Gun Rights stands in fierce opposition to any and all violations of the rights of the people to keep and bear arms. As Texas’ premier no compromise gun rights organization, we encourage all of our followers to fight vigorously for the protection of their constitutional liberties, and the prevention of tyrants like Kamala Harris from obtaining power. To further support our work, visit TexasGunRights.org.

August 29th, 2024

Of all cities for the Democratic Party to host their national convention, Chicago, Illinois was undoubtedly the most fitting.

The crime-infested Windy City serves as a beacon for leftwing policy and just how disastrous it’s implementation affects native residents. In what can only be described as a bold move, the Democrats “joyfully” promoted their political ambitions in a town that perfectly encapsulates their own inherent failures, and acts as a representative warning to voters across the nation of the results of Democratic leadership.

A Republican has not held mayorship in Chicago since 1931, giving the city nearly 100 years of solidified Democrat power. Today, the city leads the nation in homicide rates and gun violence, lending validity to its slang-name of “Chiraq.” Dozens of people are shot nearly every weekend in Chicago, and all forms of violent crime aside from murder are commonplace as well. This remains the case despite the fact that Chicago boasts some of the most restrictive gun control laws in the entire nation.

Gun purchases in Chicago require extensive and mandatory background checks, as well as a government-provided permit. The city, along with neighboring counties, uphold bans on so-called “assault rifles,” a policy that has been fiercely promoted by the Democratic Party for decades. Additionally, it is illegal to forge or manufacture one’s own firearms, which are labeled with the moniker of “ghost guns,” and strictly prohibited.

With this extensive list of restrictions that leftists claim deter gun violence and prevent unnecessary deaths, one would think Chicago a safe haven, free of crime and injustice. Unfortunately, and expectedly, this assessment could not be further from the truth.

As has been proven time and time again, gun control laws do not work, and serve only to disarm law abiding Americans, leaving them defenseless against the evil whims of violent criminals and tyrants. Simultaneously, they embolden said criminals, who will get their hands on guns no matter the legal barriers, to more easily victimize their targets. In essence, gun control laws permit the government to do half of the criminals’ jobs for them.

Regardless, the Democrats excitedly promoted their agenda alongside newly installed presidential candidate Kamala Harris. They championed the implementation of Chicago-style gun control measures on the national level, with the gun-grabbing VP emphasizing her promises to disarm law-abiding Americans and violate their Second Amendment rights.

Texas Gun Rights stands firmly against any and all forms of infringement on the right of the people to keep and bear arms. As Texas’ premier NO COMPROMISE gun rights organization, we serve as a barrier between gun grabbing tyrants and your God-given liberties. With the stakes higher than they’ve ever been, be sure to support our work at TexasGunRights.org.

August 29th, 2024

Although the United States remains one of the freest countries on the globe, it has taken an anti-freedom turn in the last few decades.

Politicians have gradually infringed on traditional liberties such as free speech and the right to bear arms through conventional legislative means and the use of Big Tech companies as private tyranny enforcers. Even in a country that prides itself on being the freest nation on the planet, eternal vigilance is required to preserve the sacred freedoms our Founding Fathers fought to secure for their posterity.

The latest revelations from former Democrat Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard should serve as a wake-up call to Americans about the very real risk of the US descending into petty despotism. During a recent appearance on Fox News, Gabbard revealed that she was placed on the Biden regime’s TSA Quiet Skies list.

Fox News Host Laura Ingraham emphasized the peculiar timing of placement on the terrorist watchlist. Ingraham inquired, “So what exactly did Tulsi Gabbard do to get added to the terrorist watch list? It came the day after she criticized the Biden administration… How does this make you feel?”

“Laura, this is a pure act of political retaliation. There’s no other way to put it,” Gabbard responded. “The very next day, after my conversation with you on the air warning the American people about how dangerous a Kamala Harris presidency could be, I was placed on this domestic terror watchlist, which is called the ‘Quiet Skies’ list under the Department of Homeland Security… To now have my own government turn around and put me on a domestic terror watch list, it hits to the core and is the ultimate sense of betrayal.”

Gabbard is a former member of the US Congress, where she represented Hawaii’s 2nd Congressional District (2013-2021). Throughout her time in office, Gabbard demonstrated a willingness to buck her party on issues concerning foreign policy and immigration. Since retiring from Congress, Gabbard has taken on more of a high-profile role as a gadfly that calls out Democrats for their increasingly authoritarian turn. Additionally, she has changed her views on the Second Amendment, now disavowing her anti-gun track record in Congress and criticizing the Democrat Party’s current approach to gun policy.

The nature of Gabbard’s placement on the no-fly list is clearly due to her increasingly vocal critiques of the Biden regime. Federal watchlists are explicitly designed to keep tabs and eventually harass political dissidents. Government programs have a tendency to metastasize over time. They start out as ostensibly limited ventures to target specific individuals or activities. However, these same programs morph into broad-based ventures that begin to cover broader segments of the population in the long term. 

The Harris-Walz ticket has already pledged to pass gun control measures such as universal background checks (UBCs) and a ban on so-called “assault weapons”. UBCs are the first step towards creating a federal gun registry, which will ultimately lead to firearms confiscation.  

To make matters worse, Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz has previously voiced his support for the implementation of a “no fly, no buy” proposal, which would bar individuals placed on federal no-fly lists from purchasing firearms. So, it’s not far-fetched to suggest that the current screening process Gabbard is being subjected to could be expanded to the broader population.

Gabbard’s experience should serve as a warning sign to gun owners. We’re already living in an era where a large swath of the political class is committed to infringing people’s civil liberties. If former members of Congress are being targeted for simply disagreeing with the current presidential administration, it’s not far-fetched to assume that they will broaden the list of targets to groups the ruling class hates, namely gun owners.

Gun owners should not get complacent and must be ready to fend off any encroachments against their freedoms. In this era of political polarization, the enemies of freedom can carry out the most heinous of transgressions against foundational liberties if gun owners don’t remain vigilant.

August 21st, 2024

Marin Cogan’s article in Vox, “What Happens When Everyone Decides They Need a Gun?”, presents a heavily biased and one-sided narrative on the rising gun ownership in America. The piece disregards the fundamental rights enshrined in the Second Amendment and by painting a picture of gun ownership that is both alarmist and dismissive of legitimate self-defense concerns.

The author seems to forget that the Second Amendment guarantees the right to keep and bear arms, a right that millions of Americans exercise responsibly every day. By fear mongering and strawmanning, Cogan overlooks the constitutional importance of this right. The right to self-defense is a fundamental human right, and the Second Amendment is critical to ensure that Americans can protect themselves and their families.

Cogan’s use of statistics and anecdotes is selective, designed to create a narrative of fear rather than a balanced view. While the rise in gun purchases during the pandemic is highlighted, there is little mention of the reasons why many Americans felt the need to arm themselves. Increased crime rates, civil unrest, and a loss of trust in law enforcement are all legitimate concerns that drove many to purchase firearms. By focusing solely on the risks of gun ownership, the article ignores the real and pressing need for self-defense in uncertain times.

The article goes to great lengths to suggest that new gun owners are unprepared and that their presence increases the danger in society. This ignores the fact that many new gun owners are seeking training and are conscientious about the responsibilities of gun ownership. As a matter of fact, the article even opens up with scenes from a firearm training course. By portraying these individuals as a threat, the article unjustly demonizes responsible citizens who are simply exercising their constitutional rights.

There is scant mention of the benefits of gun ownership in the article. Firearms can and do save lives. Numerous instances of defensive gun use occur every year, where law-abiding citizens use guns to protect themselves, their families, and their property. By focusing almost exclusively on the potential for harm, the article ignores the protective benefits that guns provide to many Americans, particularly in high-crime areas where police response times can be inadequate.

Vox’s “What Happens When Everyone Decides They Need a Gun?” is a clear example of media bias against the Second Amendment. It presents a skewed view of gun ownership that ignores the constitutional rights of Americans and the legitimate reasons many have for owning firearms. Responsible gun ownership is a cornerstone of American freedom, and any discussion of gun rights should acknowledge the importance of the Second Amendment and the positive role that firearms can play in personal and public safety.