Gun Violence

In previously unreleased interviews, police who responded to the Robb Elementary shooting told investigators they were cowed by the shooter’s military-style rifle. This drove their decision to wait for a Border Patrol SWAT team to engage him, which took more than an hour.

A new report shows that the number of family violence calls where a gun was present has increased by more than 90% since 2019.

Although there are laws on the books preventing certain people from possessing guns, there are few places in the state where the criminal justice system has programs to hand over firearms to law enforcement — leaving survivors at a heightened risk for gun violence.

The DPS head promises state troopers that no one will lose their job after Uvalde. It’s been a year since permitless carry happened in Texas, and shootings have gone up. And voter registration data shows that Democrats could break their losing streak in November.

Mimi Swartz examined the late columnist's impact on journalism and politics in Texas in a column in "Texas Monthly."

The rallies across the country came the same weekend a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators agreed in principle to a package of gun-reform laws.

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, was one of the lead negotiators for the proposal, which would expand background checks for people under 21 and encourage states to enact “red flag” laws.

Bexar County Commissioners on Tuesday approved a package of measures to combat local gun violence in the wake of the deadly Uvalde school shooting, including $21 million in funding for school based mental health services.

A San Antonio trauma surgeon who is also a member of the NRA is among the doctors advocating for stricter gun laws, including the reclassification of guns like the AR-15 into the same category as machine guns.

A federal judge has found the U.S. Air Force 60% responsible for the Sutherland Springs attack for failing to send the shooter's felony conviction to the FBI background check database.