By: Kayleigh Hamilton
Anti-gun activists are gearing up for a fight.
They are going to do everything they can to curtail gun rights.
And now they are declaring war on one pro-gun attorney general.
Texas is world-famous for having a lot of guns, and it is not the kind of place that takes kindly to “gun-free zones” in the way that more liberal states do.
That’s why, when the Texas State Fair announced that it was going to ban guns on its premises, it ignited a firestorm of controversy, even beyond the borders of Texas.
Ken Paxton, the attorney general of the state of Texas, was not going to let this fly. He has a long history of being pro-gun and he knew he had to do something about this.
That’s why he immediately threatened the organizers of the event with a lawsuit for their hostility to gun owners.
If these organizers were smart, they would have backed down and allowed people to exercise their gun freedoms as they choose.
But instead, they declared war on Paxton and are doing everything possible to keep guns away from the Texas State Fair.
According to Bearing Arms, “Generally, when the attorney general of a state tells you that you shouldn’t do something, that what you’re trying to do is illegal, people listen. After all, he or she is one of the state’s legal experts and has the resources to back up their claims in a court of law.
“That’s especially true when the law is pretty clear and you’re going against it, anyway.
“For the State Fair of Texas, though, it seems they don’t care about the repercussions. They’re going forward with their gun ban despite the threat of a lawsuit.”
Not only is this extremely questionable from a legal standpoint, but it’s just flat-out bad business in a state like Texas.
Now the Texas State Fair has become a politically-charged event that conservatives may be inclined to boycott over their anti-gun policies.
The article continues, “The problem is that the fair is held at a piece of property owned by the city of Dallas. State law says guns can’t be prohibited on public property, which is what the park hosting the fair is.
“So they’re going to go to court over this when it’s clear as day that they’re going to lose.”
“So what’s the endgame here? My guess is that the fair figures it can hold the line for a little while as the case works its way through the court system, hopefully avoiding injunctions along the way. If so, it’s the worst idea I’ve ever heard and if the fair’s attorneys told them they can win this, then they need to fire them and hire literally anyone else.”
This is a disastrous move by the Texas State Fair that could cost them dearly, all in the name of taking a quixotic stand against the Second Amendment.
They should have just put their political views to the side and allowed people to exercise their constitutionally-guaranteed freedoms.