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The San Antonio Police Department ( SAPD) is the primary law enforcement agency serving the City of San Antonio, Texas, United States and some surrounding areas. Its headquarters are at South Santa Rosa district. SAPD is one of the largest municipal police departments in Texas. The current chief of police is William McManus, who is known, among ...
Gun laws in Texas regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition in the U.S. state of Texas . Texas is often perceived to have some of the most permissive gun laws in the United States. [1] Since September 1, 2021, a permit is not required for a person, both residents and non-residents, 21 and over to carry a handgun either ...
Hyman S. Lebman aka Hyman S. Lehman or Hymie Lebman (1903–1990) was a San Antonio, Texas, gunsmith and leather worker. Working out of his saddlery shop and gun store at 111 South Flores Street in San Antonio, Lebman provided specialized and custom-made weaponry to several well-known bank robbers and outlaws during the Great Depression.
United States v. Alfonso D. Lopez, Jr., 514 U.S. 549 (1995), was a landmark case of the United States Supreme Court that struck down the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 (GFSZA) as it was outside of Congress 's power to regulate interstate commerce. It was the first case since 1937 in which the Court held that Congress had exceeded its power ...
Red flag laws have been touted as the most powerful tools to stop gun violence before it happens, but an Associated Press analysis in 2022 found that they are barely used in the states where they ...
The State of Texas is considered to have some of the most relaxed gun laws in the United States. Public concerns over gun control in Texas have increased in recent years as Mexican drug cartels continue to commit violent crimes closer to Texas' stretch of the Mexico–United States border. They have also increased due to the number of incidents ...
Giffords Law Center provides comparisons of state gun laws online, and annually releases the Gun Law Scorecard, a report that ranks and measures individual states’ gun death rates in correlation to their gun laws. According to the organization, its research shows there are fewer gun deaths in states with strict gun laws.
The resolution, passed Tuesday in a 3-2 vote, seeks to defy Senate Bill 2, a new state gun law — currently tied up in court — that bans concealed carry permit holders from bringing guns into ...