By Joan Biskupic and Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s historic decision Monday allowing gun owners to challenge city and state regulations as a violation of their Second Amendment rights clears the way for new challenges to firearms laws nationwide.A five-justice conservative majority, over vigorous protests from the four more liberal justices, declared [...]

As of May 01, 2010, CHL renewal applicants are no longer required to submit fingerprints or photos as part of their renewal application.  The Texas Department of Public Safety now has the technical capability to resubmit good quality fingerprints and photos submitted previously.
The Texas Department of Public Safety reserves the right to require renewal applicants [...]

By TexasCHLLicense.com Editor
Orange, Texas
For the longest time, my concealed handgun of choice was a Ruger LCP .380, but recently my carry gun of choice has switched to the Taurus 738-TCP .380.  Many of you may not be familiar with the TCP, so I thought I would write a quick article and express my views on [...]

By Cierra Putman (NewsWest9)
Midland County
Things have changed at the shooting range since Gaylene Stansbery first came 10 years ago.
“I was the woman out here shooting,” Stansbery said. “Gradually, the years went by and actually we have a lot more women out here now. It’s great. I want see more women and children out here.”
In 2009 [...]

By Brad Woodard (KHOU)
Chappell Hill, Texas
A Texas bank has created a new rule allowing concealed handgun owners in the building, in hopes that they’ll be a deterrent to armed robbers.
Chappell Hill Bank, located about an hour northwest of Houston, is a bank with history.
“Near as we know, we’re the oldest continuously operated bank in the [...]

By Mike McCoy (Resident)
Chillicothe Gazette
 
When Ohio’s original legislation allowing law-abiding citizens to carry a concealed handgun passed in 2004, there were dire predictions by the anti-gun crowd that there would be shootouts in the streets or worse.
Fast forward six years, and guess what? None of it happened.
How could the anti-gun crowd have been so wrong? The [...]

By Janelle Stecklein
janelle.stecklein@amarillo.com
 
Local officials say a new federal law that allows people to bring firearms into national parks and onto federal land isn’t expected to have a big effect in the Texas Panhandle.
But gun rights advocates said the new rules will offer visitors an extra measure of personal safety.
The federal law, which went into effect [...]