Point Austin: Making Sense of Newtown

A year later, small steps toward changing the gun violence paradigm

"...bluntly served to remind us that concerning restrictions on gun ownership, not much has changed in a year. The..."

Dec. 20, 2013 News Column by Michael King

Texas Democrats Request Special Session on Guns

Legislators in five cities press Gov. Abbott

"...Gov. Greg Abbott to convene an “emergency session on gun violence” (as only the governor can do) in response..."

Sept. 4, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Casar Kicks Off

Campaigns rumble into gear – and Doggett talks House sit-in

"...– fresh from the “Sit Down to Stand Up” gun legislation demonstration in the U.S. House...."

June 27, 2016 News Post by Michael King

A Special Session on Guns? Reform Advocates Are Wary

Nonprofit Texas Gun Sense responds to Uvalde

"...Nicole Golden, executive director of nonprofit Texas Gun Sense, has dedicated her career to gun reform in..."

June 3, 2022 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Austin at Large: Good Guys With Guns

Garrett Foster died in an outbreak of gun violence. But there’s more to the story.

"...as a volunteer corps of mostly white guys with guns has arisen to protect the Mike Ramos Brigade...."

July 31, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Brady PAC Endorses MJ Hegar for Senate

Violence prevention org says she’s best candidate on guns

"...occasionally emerge. The Brady PAC – sister committee to gun violence prevention group Brady – has endorsed MJ Hegar..."

March 20, 2020 News Post by Michael King

Austin Becomes 'Everytown'

Michael Bloomberg's new gun-control group launches at City Hall

"...force in response to a recent South by Southwest gun control panel, only a handful congregated outside City Hall..."

April 16, 2014 News Post by Brandon Watson

Opinion: Another School Shooting – This Is Our America Now

We are a country that loves its guns more than the children we've lost to gun violence

"...their lives and a shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot. A community came together, again, held a vigil, again,..."

Feb. 24, 2023 Column by Heather Lewis

Point Austin: Doing What We Can

Public Safety Commission takes a stand against gun violence

"...thus far the most substantive outcome of the current gun control debate has been a tremendous increase in gun..."

Feb. 15, 2013 News Column by Michael King

The Luv Doc: An Imbecilic Piece of Legislation

The "good-Barney-Fife-with-a-gun" theory of school safety

"...kindly, with an abundance of tact as nice (and safety-conscious) Texas women are trained to do. However, the following..."

Aug. 18, 2023 Column by The Luv Doc

Guns & Ammo ... and Austin Politics

The state of gun control in Travis County

"...Texas' entry into the post-Newtown massacre gun debate has been predictably ... Texan. As most state..."

Jan. 18, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Guns Return to Travis County Agenda {UPDATE}

Saxet contract "left pending" once again

"...Despite a "compromise" proposal by Saxet Gun Show ownership to encourage background checks by private sellers..."

Jan. 21, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Triggered Interest

In the wake of Sept. 11, more Texans want to pack heat.

"...It's against the law to carry a concealed handgun on a plane, sneak one into a business where..."

Dec. 21, 2001 News Feature by Dan Oko

Public Notice: Out of Their Cold, Dead Brains

GOP refuses to be sensible about guns

"...President Barack Obama made a major address regarding "commonsense gun safety measures" that he will pursue by executive action...."

Jan. 8, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

The Killing of Garrett Foster Shocks the City – and Galvanizes the Moment

Whether Foster raised his gun may never be known, but there can be little doubt about the driver's intentions

"...he was shot, swear that the barrel of his gun never came up...."

July 31, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Now Speaking at SXSW: Ozzy Osbourne, Trent Reznor, Janelle Monae

Plus: St. Vincent, Carrie Brownstein, Judd Apatow, Desus & Mero

"...• How Women Win on Gun Safety - and Stop the NRA (Government & Politics):..."

Feb. 11, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Listen to the Candidates Debate ...

Greens' Cobb, Libs' Badnarik face off before UT crowd

"...the two partially agreed on immigration, but sparred on gun control and health care. Cobb said that illegal immigrants..."

Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

City Says No More DPS, Abbott Sends in More Troopers

Mayor Watson’s DPS gambit just got a lot messier

"...its controversial partnership with the Texas Department of Public Safety Wednesday, but a day later, Gov. Greg Abbott moved..."

July 14, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Opinion: A Plea for Red Flag Laws

Emma Bribiescas Mancha-Sumners lost her niece in a homicide last year. She believes stronger gun laws could have saved her niece’s life.

"...holding its Committee on Mass Violence Prevention and Community Safety meeting. This Committee has been meeting for months, but..."

March 6, 2020 Column by Emma Bribiescas Mancha-Sumners

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A kinetic chase movie uses the Troubles of Northern Ireland as its setting

"...by an IRA assassin. Instantly, a mob forms, Hook’s gun is grappled away from him by a young boy,..."

March 13, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Renaissance Man

Downtown shooter left signs of a troubled mind

"...photo and quote of the Dalai Lama (common on pro-gun websites) defending the principle of self-defense – which, at..."

Nov. 29, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Point Austin: Texas Backward

County takes one small step toward sanity on gun control

"...no resolution, the Travis County lease to the Saxet Gun Show for regular use of the Exposition Center was..."

Jan. 17, 2014 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: A Movement for Common Sense

Saturday rally highlights public support for gun regulation

"...said Hilary Rand, speaking of the movement to reduce gun violence. "We realize it's going to be an uphill..."

April 5, 2013 News Column by Michael King

A Way With Guns

Young writer Kevin Wood grew up with BB guns, and rifles and hunting, so it was a bit of a shock for him to discover that he wasn't as comfortable with a handgun.

"...Last week, my father and I went to a gun range -- you know, where people go to practice..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Features Feature by Kevin Wood

Mock Shooting Now Just Near UT Campus

Update: Mass farting demonstration planned in response

"...effect on August 1, 2016, often argue that most gun owners are reasonable people. And that might be true...."

Dec. 9, 2015 News Post by Mac McCann

Point Austin: Guns 'R' Us

Change our gun laws, change ourselves

"...intended to write yet another somber reflection on America's gun madness in the wake of the Connecticut school massacre,..."

Dec. 21, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Theatre en Bloc's The Secretary

Kyle John Schmidt's new comedy takes dead aim at our national gun obsession and hits it with laughs

"...school, has done did it again. She took her gun out of her desk to calm down a student..."

March 30, 2018 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

The Texas School Solution: More Guns, Less Money

Post-Sandy Hook bill would put teachers in firing line

"...billion out of public school funding. And now the gun lobby not only wants more guns on campus, but..."

Dec. 26, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Here We Go Again: On Monday, June 13, a gunman south of Dallas stormed into a summer camp that..."

June 17, 2022 News Feature

Beto O'Rourke's Long, Hot Road to the Texas Primary

We report from the 2020 Democratic campaign trail on whether all the blue, sweat, and beers are worth it

"...thought he was cool and liked his stance on guns. (You may know this, but the scrum in the..."

Sept. 27, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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