“Texas gives you your freedom, but it’s kind of like the wild West,” he said. But his lasting impression after the lockdown was gratitude for guns. He has ... everyone’s got a gun.

Experts worry a lack of research on the issue has hampered ... than in Texas, which despite its reputation as a Second Amendment sanctuary, ranks in the middle of all states in gun ownership.

Golden said her group has been fighting for gun safety laws in Texas for years but that it’s become even more challenging and “more divisive here.” Mandatory reporting of lost and stolen ...

As Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price told an audience at a September town hall in East Oakland: “We are in a unique, crazy time where everybody in this community has a gun.” ...