The weapons, critics of the bill said, are easy to conceal and can cause a lot of damage in close quarters. Short-barrel or ...

Jonathan James Russel Sweat, 34, was arrested early yesterday morning after deputies responded to a call about a man lying in the road with a short-barreled rifle on his chest. At about 6:30 a.m ...

A public hearing on Monday on an identical bill in the Texas House drew survivors and victims' families from school shootings in Uvalde and Santa Fe to Austin.