The State Fair of Texas opens with a new gun ban after courts reject challenge

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Source: AP News

The State Fair of Texas opened Friday under a new firearms ban, having withstood weeks of pressure from Republicans who had charged into a public rift with one of the state’s most beloved institutions and have spent years championing looser gun laws.

Organizers put the ban in place following a shooting last year that injured three people and sent some fairgoers running and climbing over barriers to flee. By the time thousands of visitors began streaming through the gates in Dallas on Friday — greeted by a roughly five-story tall cowboy statue known as “Big Tex” — the state’s highest court had rejected a last-minute appeal from the the state’s GOP attorney general, who argued the ban violated Texas’ permissive gun rights.

Corey McCarrell, whose family was among the first inside the sprawling fairgrounds Friday, expressed disappointment that he couldn’t bring his gun to make sure his wife and two children were protected. “It was a little upsetting,” said McCarrell, who has a license to carry in Texas. “But it didn’t prevent us from coming.”

Millions of visitors each year attend the Texas fair, which is one of the largest in the U.S. and runs through October. When the fair announced the gun ban last month, it drew swift backlash from dozens of Republican legislators and a lawsuit from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s lawsuit.

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1. Corey McCarrell is f..king moron. In virtually zero mass shootings has an armed bystander made

a difference. Most (fortunately) wet their britches and did nothing, because if they had, they would have killed their "friends," family and neighbors rather than any assailant. Just as (sadly) many LEO do--and they have received training.

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3. If I'm in a mall and hear shots and see people running and see a guy with a gun? Is it the shooter? Unless I can

see it is a cop, he's a threat and I don't have to ask questions.

I'll most likely be running unless cornered or the guy blunders into where I'm hiding.

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2. these wannabe heroes

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who would be willing to SHOOT at the crowded state fair to "protect their family"

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4. Corey McCarrell is lying.

Corey McCarrell is sad because he can't bring his gun to try and intimidate people he doesn't like.