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In a follow-up to our previous reporting here and here, Congress has agreed to review a final rule by the Social Security Administration under the Obama administration that would wrongly strip law-abiding Americans of their Second Amendment rights. The proposal was first announced in summer of 2015. Congress is now going to review the Obama administration’s unconstitutional ban under the Congressional Review Act (CRA). CRA allows... [Read More]

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    Since the election on November 8, 2016, there has been some hope that national reciprocity for concealed handgun permits would be similar to that for driver’s licenses. If you have a driver’s license in Florida, you can drive all the way to Maine or Washington state or drive in Alaska or Hawaii. See... [Read More]

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  Perhaps you heard what recently happened to our friends at Full Armor Firearms in Houston. After 13 burglaries in five years, including one earlier this month, owner James Hillin asked two of his employees to stay overnight in the store. During the night, two cars pulled into the parking lot. According to the Houston Chronicle,... [Read More]

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  Because a lone attacker opened fire at a baggage-claim area in Florida’s Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport with a checked firearm, law-abiding citizens may find their ability to fly with firearms could be curtailed in the future, Texas & U.S. Law Shield Independent Program Attorneys say. Gordon Cooper, an attorney at the Walker & Byington law firm in Houston and... [Read More]

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  The Castle Doctrine is one of our most treasured protections here in the Lone Star State, but what happens when the government fails to respect our Castle Doctrine privilege? Here is a real client story from the Houston-based Texas Law Shield Independent Program Attorneys at Walker & Byington that illustrates how your Castle Doctrine... [Read More]

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  Over the course of representing our clients, we have noticed a very peculiar phenomenon that is leading to arrests or entanglements with the legal system. We have labeled this term “jumping the gun,” and it happens more often than you’d think! What is jumping the gun? Imagine the following scenario: John lives at home,... [Read More]

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“I ran into some trouble about 20 years ago or so, and my attorney just told me to plead guilty and eventually it would come off my record; how do I go about getting that expunged?” “I didn’t have the money for a lawyer so I plead guilty to a felony; how do I buy... [Read More]

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We recently polled our members regarding what questions they would like to hear answered from a prosecutor. Emily Taylor, Independent Program Attorney with Texas Law Shield, and attorney at the law firm of Walker & Byington, sat down to help us hash out legal fact from fiction. Q: If a police officer shoots a family... [Read More]

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President Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland to replace Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, and Garland has been under an extreme amount of scrutiny both by conservative and liberal groups alike. However, one has to ask, what are the facts? Is he a threat to the Second Amendment or not? To answer this question for Law Shield... [Read More]

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