Ken Paxton withdrew an opinion on gun bans weeks after suing Texas state fair for a similar restriction

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Attorney General Ken Paxton this week withdrew an eight-year-old legal opinion that gave private nonprofits the green light to ban guns on land they lease from a city — a move that comes as Paxton challenges the nonprofit State Fair of Texas’ ban on firearms.

This article was originally published by Jasper Scherer, The Texas Tribune at San Antonio Current – (https://www.sacurrent.com/news/ken-paxton-withdrew-an-opinion-on-gun-bans-weeks-after-suing-texas-state-fair-for-a-similar-restriction-35564706).

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