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Houston Public Media Jun 18, 2025

Texas lawmakers passed another set of bills making it easier for gun owners to access and keep firearms, and expanded the kinds of weapons they can access.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/guns/2025/06/18/524407/texas-again-lowers-restrictions-on-certain-firearms-passes-on-regulations/

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Texas again lowers restrictions on certain firearms, passes on regulations

Lawmakers passed a handful of bills aimed at easing access to guns as a new pediatric study links state legislation to increased firearm deaths.

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Houston Public Media May 9, 2025

Some state lawmakers want to protect Texans’ right to bear arms by making sure firearms can’t be taken from people deemed harmful to themselves or society. That’s the premise behind Senate Bill 1362.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/guns/2025/05/09/520903/texas-legislature-makes-move-toward-banning-red-flag-gun-laws-in-the-state/

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Texas Legislature makes move toward banning ‘red flag’ gun laws in the state

The Texas House Criminal Jurisprudence Subcommittee approved the legislation Thursday, sending it to the full Texas House for consideration.

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Houston Public Media Apr 15, 2025

Gun-related deaths have risen steadily statewide. But this session, Texas lawmakers have proposed bills that could make it easier to access firearms.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/04/15/518825/texas-lawmakers-consider-a-variety-of-bills-to-loosen-restrictions-around-firearms/

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Texas lawmakers consider a variety of bills to loosen restrictions around firearms

Gun-related deaths have risen steadily statewide. But this session, lawmakers have proposed bills that could make it easier to access firearms.

Houston Public Media

Houston Public Media Feb 26, 2024

13 days after 7-year-old Samuel Carranza was shot in the head during an exchange of gunfire during the Lakewood Church shooting, his grandmother said he is finally able to breath on his own.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/houston/2024/02/26/478735/7-year-old-boy-critically-injured-in-lakewood-church-shooting-now-breathing-on-his-own-grandmother-says/

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7-year-old boy critically injured in Lakewood Church shooting now breathing on his own, grandmother says

In a previous update, Walli Carranza said he had lost a portion of his frontal lobe, "a major part of what makes us who we are."

Houston Public Media

Houston Public Media Feb 16, 2024

According to the grandmother of Samuel Moreno-Carranza, the 7-year-old son of the Lakewood Church shooter who was critically injured Sunday, doctors have been unable to determine his level of brain activity.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/houston/2024/02/16/477813/lakewood-church-shooters-7-year-old-son-loses-part-of-his-brain-according-to-grandmother/

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Lakewood Church shooter’s 7-year-old son loses part of his brain, according to grandmother

Walli Carranza says her grandson, who was shot in the head during a gunfire exchange Sunday between his mother and off-duty police officers at the Houston megachurch, experienced cardiac arrest multiple times during recent operations and doctors have been unable to determine his level of brain activity.

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