Texas has a preemption law that prohibits cities from enacting gun control laws that are more restrictive than those at the state level. Some see that as interference with local control.
“It seems as though the people in the state don’t like Washington telling them what to do, that local control is good, but it’s only good at the state level,” [Galveston city council member Jackie] Cole said. “For them to be able to tell us from Austin that in Galveston the citizens can’t decide where they want to have a gun range or that they don’t want a gun range next door to their schools is amazingly outrageous.”
– Nick Powell in Galveston to vote on repealing gun regulations after Ken Paxton threatens lawsuit