Texas will allow guns in churches, schools after El Paso shooter targeted ‘low security’ Walmart

By Tim Pearce

Published August 8, 2019 6:19pm ET

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Texas will allow guns in churches, schools after El Paso shooter targeted ‘low security’ Walmart — Law enforcement officials block a road at the scene of a mass shooting at a shopping complex Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019, in El Paso, Texas. | (John Locher/AP)

A slew of Texas firearm laws will go into effect next month, loosening restrictions on where people are allowed to carry and store guns.

The new laws will go in place weeks after a gunman killed 22 people in a Walmart in El Paso, according to CNN. The suspected shooter, Patrick Crusius, picked the target area because of its “low security,” according to his alleged manifesto, posted online minutes before the attack.

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