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It’s backed by gun rights groups including the National Rifle Association, who argue it will allow Texans to better defend themselves and remove hurdles to the constitutional right to bear arms. 1 and Abbott signed the bill over the objections of law enforcement groups who say the change will endanger the public and police. The legislation comes against the backdrop of record-shattering gun sales that began as the coronavirus pandemic took hold last year and have continued to grow. Republican-controlled legislatures in Pennsylvania and Ohio are also considering similar bills. Legislation passed in Louisiana but is expected to be vetoed. Montana and Wyoming also expanded the ability to carry without a permit. Several states have passed similar bills this year, including Tennessee, Utah and Iowa. Gun rights groups have made significant gains in efforts to relax gun possession laws. “There is a need for people to have a weapon to defend themselves in the Lone Star State," Abbott said. He called it a measure of freedom and self-defense, while also connecting it to his ongoing fight with the Biden administration over the flow of migrants across the border with Mexico. Greg Abbott held a ceremonial bill signing Thursday at the Alamo, a key historical symbol of Texas pride, in San Antonio.
(AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)ĪUSTIN, Texas - Texas will now let people carry handguns without first getting a background check and training, becoming the latest and largest on a growing list of states to roll back permitting requirements for carrying guns in public. The Republican-dominated Legislature approved the measure Monday, sending it to Gov. Texas lawmakers have given final approval to allowing people carry handguns without a license, and the background check and training that go with it. 26, 2015 file photo, a supporter of open carry gun laws, wears a pistol as he prepares for a rally in support of open carry gun laws at the Capitol, in Austin, Texas.