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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Zach Despart

“Anti-Red Flag Act” that would limit when guns can be taken from people advances in Texas House

Patrons of the SAXET Gun Show look at handguns at the Richard M. Borchard Regional Fairgrounds in Robstown on Feb. 26, 2023.
Patrons of the SAXET Gun Show look at handguns at the Richard M. Borchard Regional Fairgrounds in Robstown on Feb. 26, 2023. (Credit: Blaine Young for The Texas Tribune)

The Texas House late Tuesday evening preliminarily passed a Senate bill that would prohibit governmental authorities from enforcing extreme risk protection orders, commonly known as red flag laws, unless the Legislature approved them.

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