by Bobby Watson | Oct 30, 2024 | Blog, Human Rights, Latest Posts, Law Enforcement
In Texas, we know that the culture and the politics around guns make addressing certain aspects of gun violence difficult. There has been significant pushback against any form of firearm regulation at the Texas legislature for decades making law changes incremental...
by Bee Moorhead | Oct 23, 2024 | Human Rights, Latest Posts, Law Enforcement, Legislative
This week, just as early voting was starting, the Texas House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee held an unprecedented hearing on the case of Robert Roberson, who was scheduled to be executed last week. Roberson was convicted of murdering his 2-year-old daughter, but in...
by Bobby Watson | Oct 15, 2024 | Blog, Human Rights, Latest Posts, Law Enforcement
Texas Impact’s gun violence prevention and awareness campaign, Vidas Robadas, has been going strong for over a year now. The project, which creates memorials for victims of gun violence, has a big day coming up – as a part of the Texas Coalition to Prevent Gun...
by Bobby Watson | Oct 10, 2024 | Blog, Human Rights, Latest Posts, Law Enforcement
At the start of this week, the US Supreme Court took up another major case concerning firearms – ghost guns. Ghost guns, which are home-built guns without serial numbers, are a recent phenomenon that has blown in popularity in online sales. Without a serial number...
by Bobby Watson | Oct 3, 2024 | Blog, Human Rights, Latest Posts, Law Enforcement
When I hear presentations on gun violence in America often they mention rising gun violence rates as evidence of America’s need for reform. The logic is sound – a rising number of deaths is clearly an indication that something is wrong. However, preliminary data for...
by Bobby Watson | Sep 26, 2024 | Blog, Human Rights, Latest Posts, Law Enforcement
Photo by Everytown of advocates calling for gun violence prevention measures at Dallas City Hall. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the State Fair of Texas for banning firearms at its annual event. The State Fair of Texas, which has historically allowed those...
