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Texas Democrat Beto O'Rourke's number of handgun licenses denied, revoked, and suspended is off by a fiscal year. It is accurate that you don't need a license to carry a handgun in Texas.

eachers and 19 children at an elementary school in Uvalde. Democraticgubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke rose from the audience and approached the stage.Abbott, his Republican opponent in the November election."Unless you choose to do something different, this will continue to happen. Somebody needs to stand up for the children of this state or they will continue to be killed, just like they were killed in Uvalde yesterday.

Is he right that people"too dangerous to carry a loaded gun in public" no longer need a license to carry?When we reached out for sources, O'Rourke's campaign pointed us to Texas Department of Public Safety data reports onlicense to carry applications denied, licenses revoked, andlicenses suspended.

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