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Firearms Company Relocating To North Texas

A firearms company that makes AR-15 style rifles for the iconic brand Colt, will open a plant in Breckenridge in Stephens County. Oregon company Bold Ideas confirmed the development Friday.

2013/04/05

2013 Big East tournament (credit: Chris Chambers/Getty Images)

Old Big East To Become ‘American Athletic Conference’

The conference announced the decision Wednesday after university presidents approved the new moniker earlier in the day.

2013/04/04

Active Shooter Drill Conducted At Irving School

The Irving ISD was closed on Friday, but one campus was still buzzing with emergency officials, staff members and student volunteers as an active shooter drill was conducted.

2013/03/29

An woman takes aim with a pistol. (credit: Karim Sahib/AFP/Getty Images)

NRA Members To Talk Guns With Arlington ISD

Leaders in the Arlington ISD will sit down with two gun activists from the NRA on Monday evening to discuss the possibility of having armed teachers in schools.

2013/01/28

State Senate Holds Hearing On School Safety

Texas lawmakers want to hear from experts and the public on ideas for improving school safety in the wake of last month’s shootings at a Connecticut elementary school.

2013/01/28

A customer looks over a .45-caliber pistol in suburban Chicago on July 12, 2010. (credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Collin County Sheriff Supports Some Gun Control

A suburban Dallas sheriff said Wednesday he doesn’t consider all gun control to be unconstitutional, days after posting on Facebook that he wouldn’t enforce any laws by “misguided politicians” infringing on the Second Amendment.

2013/01/24

McKinney Adding Police To District’s Three Middle Schools

McKinney ISD teachers, students and their parents should be heading to school with a little more re-assurance from now on. Every school will get officers.

2013/01/08

DFW Gun Shows Expect High Attendance

Two gun shows will be held in Dallas this weekend, as well as one in Weatherford, and attendance at the shows is expected to be high — perhaps even record-breaking.

2013/01/03

Wylie High School Students Honor Newtown Victims With Silence

As the nation paused at 9:30 a.m. on Friday morning to remember the victims of the Newtown, Connecticut shootings, students thousands of miles away at Wiley High School took part in a silent memorial.

2012/12/21

School lockers at a high school in Houston, Texas. (credit: AP)

Plano ISD Considering Boosting Security At Schools

Safety and security of students and teachers are top of mind in the aftermath of the shooting tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut.

2012/12/21

North Texans Pray At ‘Candles For Connecticut’ Vigil

Inside First United Methodist Church in Fort Worth, hundreds of people from different faiths hold on to loved ones – wipe away tears at times – and pray.

CBS 11–2012/12/20

An woman holds a SIG Sauer SP 2022 9mm pistol. (credit: John MacDougall/AFP/Getty Images)

Texas Town Allows Teachers To Carry Concealed Guns

In this tiny Texas town, children and their parents don’t give much thought to safety at the community’s lone school — mostly because some of the teachers are carrying concealed weapons.

2012/12/20

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