Attorney General Ken Paxton did the unthinkable on Thursday, suing the nonprofit State Fair of Texas over its plans to ban most attendees from bringing firearms to its beloved event, The Dallas Morning News reported. Paxton filed the suit in Dallas County District Court, targeting the fair, the city itself, and the interim City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert, whom he claims are violating both the Constitution and state law by prohibiting firearms from South Dallas’ Fair Park. The fair, which begins on Sept. 27, had planned to allow elected, appointed, and employed peace officers to carry weapons. In previous years, anyone with a valid handgun license could carry one on them, as long as it was concealed. “Municipalities cannot nullify state law nor can they avoid accountability by contracting official functions to nominally third parties,” Paxton said in a statement. “Neither the city of Dallas nor the State Fair of Texas can infringe on Texans’ right to self-defense. I warned fifteen days ago that if they did not end their unlawful conduct I would see them in court, and now I will.”
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