In April 2021, Shanea Lynn Reeder was arrested in Wheeler County for unlawful possession of a firearm. The arrest followed a consent-to-search of Reeder’s vehicle, during which a handgun was found. Knowing that Reeder had a prior drug offense, he…
Category: Guns
2023
First District District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies publicly disclosed on January 19, 2023, that famed movie and television actor Alex Baldwin and Hannah Gutierrez-Reed will each be charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the October 21, 2021,…
2022
Category: Federal Criminal Law | Federal Firearms | Guns
In 2013, a United Arab Emirates citizen named Hamid Mohamed Ahmed Ali Rehaif was admitted to the United States through a student visa to attend the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne. He was academically dismissed from the institute in…
2022
Category: Guns | Weapon Crimes
One of the most heartbreaking moments collectively witnessed as a nation is the slaughter of innocent school children by a person with a gun. No doubt many families watched the events in Uvalde unfold and held their children just a…
2022
Category: Drug Trafficking | Federal Criminal Law | Guns | Uncategorized
This past February, Houston’s city officials allocated 44 million dollars to combat increasing violence in the state’s largest city. At a news conference announcing the allocation of the violence-fighting funds, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner stated:
“Violent crime is a public…
2022
Category: Federal Criminal Law | Guns
A tragic set of circumstances recently unfolded in the Dallas area that involved guns – and it turned out the person who riggered the circumstances shouldn’t have had guns in the first place.
A man took several hostages at a…
2021
Category: Drug Crime | Drug Trafficking | Guns | Weapon Crimes
Crimes committed in Texas sometimes become federal prosecutions. Generally when the federal government assumes jurisdiction over criminal cases the penalties and the actual amont of time spent in prison will be more severe than under the Texas legal system. More…
2021
Category: Guns | Homicide/Murder
A new law will make Texas the 21st state that allows people to carry firearms without a permit. The law takes effect on September 1. There is a reasonable fear that this new law will escalate the rate of gun…
2021
Category: Guns | Negligent Gun Storage
Gun accidents are always tragic, particularly when children are involved. Parents in West Houston recently discovered just how devastating these accidents can be – the hard way.
Police reported that a 3-year-old child recently accidentally shot and killed his…
2020
Category: Guns
The Texas Constitution protects a citizen’s right to bear arms—a right the state has the power to regulate where you can and cannot carry a gun as a matter of public safety and crime prevention. If you’re a gun owner…