Texas gun rights lobby pushing back on calls for new laws

Texas' muscular gun-rights lobby swiftly pushed back after Gov. Greg Abbott raised the possibility of tighter firearms laws in response to a gunman killing 22 people at an El Paso Walmart.The resistance could test the relationship between gun-rights groups, Abbott and the state's Republican leadership, which eased gun restrictions after previous mass shootings in 2017 and 2018.Before Abbott could even convene a closed-door meeting Thursday at the Capitol with lawmakers and law enforcement in res