The Texas State Fair isn't exactly the kind of place one would expect to find gun restrictions. State fairs are generally rural affairs anyway, which means most of the people involved are far more likely to be pro-gun than not. Couple that with Texas being Texas and, well, gun restrictions at a state fair makes about as much sense as AOC as a proud member of Mensa.

And yet, here we are.

After a shooting at the fair last year, it seems organizers had the brilliant brain fart to try and ban them.

However, it turns out that the attorney general has some words of caution for them.

Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office announced Wednesday that it found the State Fair of Texas’ new gun policy violates Texas law and threatened to sue if it is not fixed in 15 days.

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A letter from the AG’s office to the city of Dallas found the policy to be a violation of state law, as Fair Park is a city-owned property leased out to the nonprofit State Fair of Texas during the duration of the fair.

The letter cites state law prohibiting lower government entities from banning handguns on government property unless there is a special exception, like for schools.

Whoops.

The fair claims it decided after consultation with "security partners" and after looking at other events throughout the state. What they probably failed to do, however, was look at other large events held on government-owned property.

Look, let's remember that the shooting last year--which raised questions at the time about licensed concealed carriers--was carried out by someone who wasn't licensed and who broke the rules that were already in place. What makes anyone believe that they can somehow keep those that don't follow rules from not following this particular rule?

The truth of the matter is that the powers that be wanted to restrict guns in general. It was never about anything that happened or that may have happened. It was always latching onto the opportunity.

I can't help but wonder who their "security partners" are, though. After all, there are people with anti-gun groups who position themselves as security experts, more or less, when their entire line of security is "put up a sign that says people can't have guns. That'll keep them from bringing guns."

Clearly, those "partners" weren't familiar with Texas state law, so now it doesn't matter how much those officials and "security partners" want to ban guns, that's a non-starter legally.

That's a good thing, too, because what happened last year was an isolated incident. It's not likely to happen again anyway and it wouldn't matter if they tried to post rules anyway. So the best thing is to get out of people's way and let them make the decision that's best for them and move the heck on. Then, if something happens, what you'll find are a lot of Texans who have a low tolerance for homicide and a pretty good aim.

That'll clean house right quick and put an end to this kind of foolishness once and for all.