Activist Resources
Here’s a growing collection of handouts, testimony, and fact sheets on firearms issues. This collection includes GOA resources and external websites and articles.
Please use all GOA Texas resources freely in the fight for our right to keep and bear arms. If you edit the content, please remove attribution to GOA Texas.
Texas Gun Laws
Gun Facts & General Research
- GOA Fact Sheets (many, on various topics)
- Crime Research Prevention Center (research from John Lott on many topics)
- “Come And Take It” by Derek Cohen, Texas Public Policy Foundation (recent Texas-specific research)
- General Gun Rights Talking Points (many topics, links, data; racial issues, defensive gun use, terminology issues, etc.)
Legislative Activism
2021 Session Training: Secrets of the Texas Legislature
- Part One: The Legislative Process
- Presentation training slides (Download: PDF | Google Slides)
- Video
Previous Training:
- How to use the Texas Legislature Online website (TLO) — livestream: Part 1 | Part 2
- Guidance for giving public input to the Texas Legislature
- Public input on Topic 1: Due 8/31/20 — Request for Information from House Select Committee on Mass Violence Prevention & Public Safety
- Public input on Topic 4: Due 8/21/20 — Request for Information from House Select Committee on Mass Violence Prevention & Public Safety
- General Tips on Presenting Testimony
- Learn to Testify Training Livestreams: TNM Webinar (scroll down) | Constitution Party Webinar | Young Republicans Webinar
- Presentation training slides (Download: Google Slides)
- Examples of Activist Testimony: Part 1 | Part 2
Also, see GOA Texas news and alerts about Legislative Activism
Local Government Activism
Also, see GOA Texas news and alerts about Local Government
Constitutional Carry
- Handout: one-pager on Constitutional Carry and Gun-Free Zones
- GOA article – Why Constitutional Carry?
- Top 5 Constitutional Carry Myths Debunked (video)
Also, see GOA Texas news and alerts about Constitutional Carry
Suppressors
Also, see GOA Texas news and alerts about Suppressors
“Gun-Free” Zones
- Wimberley City Council GFZ Ordinance testimony (PDF)
- Waxahachie School Board testimony for allowing carry in schools (PDF)
- Article: Are Gun-Free Zones Really Safer?
- Handout: Why Allow Licensed Carry in Schools
- Handout: one-pager on Constitutional Carry and Gun-Free Zones
Also, see GOA Texas news and alerts about “Gun-Free” Zones
Red Flag
- Handout on Red Flag dangers (written testimony to Texas Senate at Red Flag hearing)
- Red Flag Op-Ed in Austin American Statesman
- Do Red Flag Laws Save Lives or Reduce Crime? (research article by John Lott)
Also, see GOA Texas news and alerts about Red Flag laws
Other Gun Control
- GOA Statement: 3D Printed Guns
- Talking points: Mental Health policies & Threat Assessment teams – threats to gun owners
- Handout: Expanded Background Checks