Photo: State Fair of Texas
The State Fair of Texas recently reversed an existing policy, and banned concealed carry from thus year's fair, which runs from September 27th through October 20th. The move isn't sitting well with Texas Republicans.
Lubbock State Representative Dustin Burrows wrote on 'X', “Gun-free zones don’t make us safer — they make us targets. Texans have the right to defend themselves.”
Burrows and several other lawmakers, including Deer Park's Briscoe Cain, sent a letter to fair officials saying, "The State Fair of Texas claims to be a “celebration of all things Texas,” yet this new policy is anything but a celebration of Texas. The Texas Legislature has repeatedly enhanced Texans’ Second Amendment Rights, but your actions raise questions about the need for legislation next Session to further protect these rights on lands managed by the public."
More than 70 state lawmakers have signed on to the letter, which you can read in its entirety below.