Texas becomes the 21st state to allow residents to carry concealed weapons without a permit after lawmakers pass 'strongest Second Amendment bill

A bill that would let Texans carry concealed handguns without any permit passed the state's legislature on Monday and headed to the desk of the governor who has promised to sign it.

When Governor Greg Abbott signs the measure into law, Texas will become the 21st state, and the most populous, in the United States to have some form of permitless concealed carry, according to the National Rifle Association.

Texas already has some of the loosest gun laws in the country and has more than 1.6 million handgun license holders.....'

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