Bad Takes: Recent shootings of San Antonio cops should be wake-up call about guns

As local leaders point fingers about the cause of the shootings, we should take a serious look at Texas’ lax firearms laws.

by Kevin Sanchez September 20, 2023March 26, 2025

As local leaders point fingers about the cause of the shootings, we should take a serious look at Texas’ lax firearms laws.

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State Sen. Roland Gutierrez of San Antonio enters Democratic primary to defeat Ted Cruz

Gutierrez, a fierce gun-reform advocate, will challenge Dallas Democratic Congressman Colin Allred for the nomination.

by Sanford Nowlin July 10, 2023January 4, 2024

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Texas Sen. Roland Gutierrez of San Antonio, activists blast lawmakers’ inaction on guns

‘Congratulations, you just told every single Texan and every single visitor to Texas that you don’t give a damn about the families of Uvalde,’ one advocate said.

by Brandon Rodriguez May 23, 2023August 27, 2024

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The target of Ted Cruz’s latest celebrity slap fight? San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich

During his latest podcast, Cruz claimed Pop’s anti-school shooting comments were motivated by his disdain for the team’s fans.

by Sanford Nowlin April 13, 2023September 4, 2024

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Victims of Sutherland Springs mass shooting reach tentative $144.5 million settlement with government

The shooting in a church 30 minutes southeast of San Antonio took the lives of 26 people.

by Sanford Nowlin April 5, 2023July 9, 2025

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“He has a battle rifle”: Police feared Uvalde gunman’s AR-15

In previously unreleased interviews, police who responded to the Robb Elementary shooting told investigators they were cowed by the shooter’s military-style rifle. This drove their decision to wait for a Border Patrol SWAT team to engage him.

by Zach Despart, The Texas Tribune March 20, 2023July 30, 2024

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Texas state senator blasts Uvalde police response in congressional hearing: ‘It was cowardice’

Roland Gutierrez made the remarks during a hearing of the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security that was focused on bipartisan legislative solutions to gun violence.

by Matthew Choi, The Texas Tribune December 15, 2022August 3, 2023

Members of law enforcement lay flowers at a makeshift memorial outside Robb Elementary School.

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Parent of Uvalde shooting victim files federal lawsuit against police, manufacturer of shooter’s gun

The suit alleges the gun manufacturer, Daniel Defense, marketed its AR-15 to young men prone to violence.

by Sanford Nowlin November 28, 2022May 24, 2024

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Texas judge rules Alex Jones must pay Sandy Hook parents full $49 million in defamation case

The judge opted not to apply a $750,000 cap Texas imposes on punitive damages, questioning its constitutionality and saying Jones had “done something horrible” in claiming the shooting was faked.

by Roxanna Asgarain, The Texas Tribune November 24, 2022November 22, 2024

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San Antonio State Senator pre-files bills to reform Texas gun laws, compensate Uvalde victims

The bills filed by State Sen. Roland Gutierrez would raise the age to buy any firearm from 18 to 21 and set up orders that would keep guns away from dangerous people.

by Sanford Nowlin November 14, 2022April 13, 2025

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Erik Cantu, DeLorean Legal Woes: The top 10 headlines in San Antonio this week

Four of the Current‘s 10 most-read stories of the week involved Erik Cantu, a 17-year-old shot by a now-fired police officer.

by San Antonio Current Staff October 14, 2022July 25, 2024

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San Antonio Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich goes ballistic over Gov. Greg Abbott’s failure on guns

‘Our governor, our lieutenant governor … they have done nothing since that massacre to make it more difficult for the next massacre to take place,’ Popovich said.

by Sanford Nowlin October 10, 2022July 28, 2025

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Ted Cruz unable to name a single Uvalde victim only days after meeting with dead child’s family

The moment was captured in now-viral video of a confrontation between Cruz and a heckler on a plane.

by Michael Karlis September 16, 2022December 26, 2024

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Gov. Greg Abbott leads Beto O’Rourke by 5 percentage points in new poll

The latest survey also gave Republican incumbents single-digit leads in two other statewide races. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick led Democrat Mike Collier by 7 points, and Attorney General Ken Paxton registered a 5-point advantage over Democrat Rochelle Garza.

by Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune September 14, 2022September 18, 2024

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Families of the Uvalde shooting victims denounce Gov. Greg Abbott’s inaction on gun reform

The governor has made a vocal enemy in the families of Robb Elementary shooting victims, who are demanding a special legislative session to reach a compromise on an age limit to purchase automatic rifles.

by William Melhado, The Texas Tribune August 28, 2022September 15, 2024

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Texas Border, Kyle Rittenhouse Selfie: The top 10 headlines in San Antonio this week

This week’s top stories include a HGTV series casting San Antonio residents for its second season and bougie Dallas store Saint Bernard opening a San Antonio outpost.

by San Antonio Current Staff August 19, 2022August 3, 2023

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Actor Chuck Norris stars in new PSA to market Texas’ suspicious-activity reporting system

The 30-second PSA launched in media markets across Texas on Wednesday.

by Michael Karlis August 18, 2022July 1, 2024

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Mayor Ron Nirenberg says Abbott, Texas Legislature pushing back on common-sense gun reform

Nirenberg said that Abbott and the state legislature have actively weakened gun laws following other mass shootings.

by Michael Karlis August 17, 2022August 17, 2023

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Ted Cruz, Military Exercises: The top 10 headlines in San Antonio this week

Clearly, many of you enjoyed reading about the former RNC head telling to Cruz to ‘Just sit the hell down, please’ after the Senator’s ugly CPAC speech.

by San Antonio Current Staff August 12, 2022August 3, 2023