Texas AG Paxton Sits Out Ziegenfuss Gun Rights Lawsuit — DPS Turns to Anti-Gun Left-Wing Lawyer
Weatherford, TX — In a rare but revealing twist, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has declined to represent the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) in a federal gun rights lawsuit — a move that appears to reflect his deep pro-Second Amendment convictions and refusal to defend an indefensible gun ban. The case, Ziegenfuss et al. v. […]
Trump DOJ Eyes Gun Rights as Civil Rights — Blue State Gun Control in the Crosshairs
In a move that signals a long-overdue course correction in Washington, the Department of Justice under President Donald Trump is weighing whether to make Second Amendment protections a central focus of its Civil Rights Division. For decades, the Civil Rights Division has been a tool of the progressive left — investigating local police departments, filing […]
TXGR Seeking to End Cornyn’s “Red Flag” Gun Confiscation Betrayal with SB 1362
Weatherford, TX — In 2022, U.S. Senator John Cornyn of Texas stood shoulder to shoulder with Democrats and helped ram through the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA) — legislation that has since become a cash pipeline for gun control grants across the nation. Now, just two years later, the BSCA is fueling red flag-style gun confiscation programs […]
DOJ and Courts Misfire on Machine Guns — Founders Meant the Second Amendment to Restrain Government, Not the People
The U.S. Department of Justice recently told the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that machine guns are not protected by the Second Amendment.That assertion not only misrepresents constitutional history — it betrays the very purpose of the Second Amendment itself. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Case argued that “machine guns are not the kind of arms protected by […]
Veteran Gun Rights Restoration Bill Advancing in Washington, Will Texas Legislature Follow?
Washington, D.C. — They served their country, wore the uniform, and swore an oath to defend the Constitution. Now the very government they defended is trying to disarm them — without a crime, without a hearing, and without due process. That’s the cold reality of what’s happening to thousands of American veterans, courtesy of the Veterans […]
Anti-Gun Groups Inflating “Mass Shooting” and “Gun Death” Stats to Push Gun Control
Weatherford, TX — The latest wave of alarming statistics from anti-gun groups like Everytown for Gun Safety and Giffords may generate viral headlines, but closer inspection reveals familiar tactics: manipulated definitions, misleading classifications, and methodological sleights of hand designed to artificially inflate the threat of guns in civilian hands. Take the recent claim, amplified across media […]
Trump White House Proposes Deep Cuts to ATF Budget, Signaling Sharp Reversal of Biden-Era Anti-Gun Agenda
Washington, D.C. — The Trump administration has proposed a sweeping cut to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) budget—marking a stark shift in the Justice Department’s priorities and signaling the most aggressive rollback of the federal gun control apparatus in modern history. According to internal budget details leaked to Reuters, the White House’s Fiscal Year […]
Trump Admin Urges Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Hawaii’s Default Gun Ban
The U.S. Department of Justice, under President Donald J. Trump, has filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to grant review in Wolford v. Lopez, a major Second Amendment case that challenges Hawaii’s unprecedented restriction on carrying firearms on private property open to the public. The move marks a strong signal from the […]
Ban Red Flag Laws, Not Memes: Texas House Advances Free Speech Crackdown
Austin, TX — The Texas House of Representatives advanced House Bill 366 this week—legislation that could chill grassroots political speech and muzzle nonprofits like Texas Gun Rights (TXGR), even as lawmakers continue to drag their feet on banning red flag gun confiscation in the Lone Star State. HB 366, pushed by House Speaker Dade Phelan, would criminalize […]
Texas House Committee Advances Pro-Gun Bills as Momentum Builds to Ban Red Flag Laws
Austin, TX — The Texas Legislature is slowly moving toward what could become one of the most pro-gun sessions in state history, with a slate of pro-Second Amendment bills advancing this week—and two of the most consequential yet to hit the floor. But with legislative deadlines looming, the clock is ticking. On Wednesday, the […]
