Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the City of Dallas and the State Fair of Texas for unlawfully prohibiting firearms from government-owned public property in violation of Texas law.
Earlier in August, the Office of the Attorney General gave the City of Dallas fifteen days’ notice to reverse the Texas State Fair’s recently announced prohibition of firearms in Fair Park before a lawsuit would be filed.
Fair Park is owned by the City of Dallas which contracts with the State Fair of Texas for the management of the annual fair. Since state law permits gun owners to carry in places owned or leased by government entities unless otherwise statutorily prohibited, the prohibition represented an unlawful infringement on Texans’ legal rights. Dallas and the State Fair have refused to comply with state law.
Attorney General Paxton asked the court to grant injunctive relief to prevent the City of Dallas or the State Fair of Texas from enforcing the unlawful ban on firearms.
“Municipalities cannot nullify state law nor can they avoid accountability by contracting official functions to nominally third parties,” said Paxton. “Neither the City of Dallas nor the State Fair of Texas can infringe on Texans’ right to self-defense. I warned fifteen days ago that if they did not end their unlawful conduct I would see them in court, and now I will.”
Earlier this month a letter signed by 70 state lawmakers sent a clear message to State Fair officials:
“While it may be that your new policy placates some, the result will make your patrons less safe,” the letter read. “Gun free zones are magnets for crime because they present less of a threat to those who seek to do evil. Law-abiding citizens in the United States use firearms daily to defend themselves against criminals.”
“The Texas Legislature has repeatedly enhanced Texans’ Second Amendment rights, but your actions raise questions about the need for legislation next Session to further protect these rights on lands managed by the public,” the letter continued.
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I think Big D may have messed up on this one. If you ban guns from the fair, all those gun toting gang members wont come, and that makes up about 80 percent of the attendance. Who’s going to eat all that awful food they sell, and ride those old rides. Last time I was there, me and Momo barely got out alive.
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Enjoyed your Marfa story. Gosh those room prices have increased since I stayed there many moons ago. I like staying in Ft. Davis.
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They are high. We paid 220. per night with a discount. We left Marfa after two days and stayed at a retro motel in Alpine, then to Ft. Davis and the observatory tour. Seems everything in Marfa starts at $15.00.
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I enjoy that area. It is unique, but I’m poor & can barely handle the gas & hotel/motel prices. Last time through there, we tent camped at Davis Mtns. State Park.
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Our room in Alpine was reasonable, but Marfa is so ate up with themselves they can charge outrageous prices. We are going back in the early winter and will likely stay in Fort Davis at a retro motor court. My idea of camping is Motel 6.
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Totally agree. After Ft Davis, we made it to a KOA in Tucson. We left tent in the trunk and slept on the front seats with then pulled all the way down toward the back. We slept better in the car than in the tent. That tent has been used only 3X. I dont suspect we will use it again unless as a decoy at state or other parks.
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In 1956, my father bought a Nash Rambler station wagon. It was the first new car my parents owned, and it had factory AC, which was not common back then. Our house had an attic fan that would suck a tomcat to the ceiling, but on extreme hot nights, they would put the seats down, and the car turned into a large bed. I remember sleeping in that car many nights during the scorched earth weather.
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Memories. Sweet Texas memories.
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