By: Gina Morelli
Tensions are boiling up in the state of Texas.
And Donald Trump’s top associates will be watching with great interest.
This gun control showdown in Texas could change everything for Trump.
The Texas legislature will be coming into session after the new year, and there will apparently be some very heated gun control fights on tap.
While Texas is known as a very pro-gun state, there are a lot of Democrats in the legislature, though not enough to form a majority, and some of them are planning to push gun control.
This could cause gun owners in the state to mobilize, both to oppose these gun control bills and also to support the pro-gun bills that various Republican legislators have introduced.
This mobilization could have a major impact on the 2026 midterm elections if it turns out to be big enough.
Donald Trump is going to be keenly interested in the things that are causing his supporters to get activated in a big way.
And this type of activation and mobilization might be about to happen in Texas as the legislature prepares to debate both pro-gun and anti-gun bills.
According to The Truth About Guns, “Lawmakers in Texas have begun pre-filing bills for next year’s legislative session, and both pro-gun and anti-gun measures indicate that the session is likely to be an active one where guns and the Second Amendment are concerned.
“Within the first three days of the pre-filing period, more than 75 gun-related measures were introduced for the 2025 Regular Session of the Texas Legislature. The majority of the legislation is anti-gun in nature and covers many different aspects of the gun-ban agenda.”
Texas is obviously one of the biggest states in the country and is in fact the biggest Republican state in America.
It is also a state that has a large Hispanic population that has shifted far more conservative in recent years and is an important demographic for Trump.
Getting more conservatives active in Texas and winning elections in 2026 will be a very important thing for Donald Trump.
The article continues, “Pre-filed anti-gun bills deal with red-flag gun confiscation, bans on private firearms transfers, restrictions on standard magazine capacity, prohibitions on commonly owned semi-automatic firearms and repeal of campus carry, open carry and the state firearms preemption law.”
“On the other hand, a number of pro-gun measures have also been pre-filed in the Lone Star State. House Bill 162 targets so-called red-flag laws, which typically have no safeguards for due process of those subject to seizures. The measure would ban state or local governmental entities or their employees from recognizing, serving or enforcing red-flag gun confiscation orders in Texas, and also probit adopting rules, ordinances, orders or policies relating to such orders.”
These bills are going to be of great interest to the millions of gun owners who live in the state of Texas and want their rights protected.
And if those gun owners are activated, it will be of great interest in turn to Donald Trump and his administration.