SAN ANTONIO -- An attempted robbery at a southeast side pawn shop was thwarted Wednesday evening by a man with a concealed carry license who exchanged gunfire with the suspect.
The suspect and a security guard, who was also a customer at the store, were both hurt in the altercation.
It happened at about 7:15 p.m. at an EZ Pawn at Gevers and Fair Avenue.
"The subject walked into the EZ Pawn, pointed his gun up toward the ceiling and said this is a hold-up. Then there was a security guard with a concealed license that happened to be a customer then shots were exchanged between the two," San Antonio Police Sergeant Roy Bernal said.
May 25, 2011
Campus carry bill may have been stopped for good.
A measure to make it legal to carry concealed handguns in college classrooms may have been shot down for good late Thursday in the Texas House.
After the measure stalled repeatedly in the Senate, Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, finally succeeded in attaching the proposal as an amendment to a must-pass fiscal matters bill. When that bill reached the House late Thursday, Rep. Mike Villarreal, D-San Antonio, was ready with a point of order, a parliamentary tactic lawmakers frequently use to stall measures they oppose.
By correctly noting that the gun amendment was not pertinent to the rest of the bill, Villarreal knocked the entire bill back to the Senate, where the amendment will likely be stripped.
After the measure stalled repeatedly in the Senate, Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, finally succeeded in attaching the proposal as an amendment to a must-pass fiscal matters bill. When that bill reached the House late Thursday, Rep. Mike Villarreal, D-San Antonio, was ready with a point of order, a parliamentary tactic lawmakers frequently use to stall measures they oppose.
By correctly noting that the gun amendment was not pertinent to the rest of the bill, Villarreal knocked the entire bill back to the Senate, where the amendment will likely be stripped.
May 11, 2011
Texas Senate votes to let lawmakers carry guns.
Editor's note: Carrying in church is legal.
AUSTIN (AP) — Whether they're praying or politicking, Texas senators want to be able to pack heat wherever they go.
The Senate voted 25-6 on Monday to let legislators, statewide elected officials and some other federal and state employees who are licensed to carry concealed handguns take their weapons into places the rest of the public cannot. Those places would include churches, bars and other places that serve alcohol, businesses and sporting events.
AUSTIN (AP) — Whether they're praying or politicking, Texas senators want to be able to pack heat wherever they go.
The Senate voted 25-6 on Monday to let legislators, statewide elected officials and some other federal and state employees who are licensed to carry concealed handguns take their weapons into places the rest of the public cannot. Those places would include churches, bars and other places that serve alcohol, businesses and sporting events.
Open carry dead in the house.
Rep. Todd Hunter, head of the calender committee, chose not to give any consideration to HB2756 (Open carry legislation). Hopefully a Senate version is out there waiting to come through.
May 9, 2011
Texas Senate approves guns on campus.
AUSTIN, TX -- Texas Senators have voted to allow concealed handgun license holders to carry their weapons into public college classrooms.
May 4, 2011
Could your shotgun soon be outlawed?
What’s the definition of a “shotgun?” According to Dictionary.com it’s “a smoothbore gun for firing small shot to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.” For the gun enthusiasts, that’s only partly true, as there is also the option of using slugs. But what if there’s another addition that will soon be added to the definition? How about, illegal.
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