School shooting may not bring change to gun-loving Texas

School shooting may not bring change to gun-loving Texas

[unable to retrieve full-text content]AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas has more than 1.2 million licensed handgun owners who can openly carry their weapons in public. The state hosted the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting two weeks ago. And until Monday, the governor’s re-election website was raffling off a shotgun.
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