Texas AG Threatens to Sue City of Dallas Unless It Reverses State Fair Gun Ban

The State Fair of Texas had updated its security plan, banning fairgoers from carrying all firearms.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) meeting in National Harbor, Md., on Feb. 23, 2024. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has threatened to sue the city of Dallas if the State Fair of Texas, a nonprofit organization, does not reverse its decision to ban people from bringing guns onto its fairgrounds this September.

In a letter addressed to interim city manager Kim Bizor Tolbert on Aug. 13, Paxton warned that the gun ban violates state law, specifically Texas Government Code Section 411.209(a).