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Texas lawmakers have passed a bill allowing handguns without a license.

Gov. Greg Abbott (R) is expected to soon sign the law that will allow Texans over the age of 21 who are legally allowed to possess a firearm to carry a handgun concealed or openly without obtaining a state permit.

The new “constitutional carry” or “permitless carry” law is sponsored by State Rep. Matt Schaefer (R), who offered the following statement on the Texas legislature reaching a conference agreement on his bill:

“By working together, the House and Senate will send Gov. Abbott the strongest Second Amendment legislation in Texas history, and protect the right of law-abiding Texans as they exercise their God-given right to self-defense and the defense of their families.”

State Rep. Vicki Goodwin (D) spoke on the floor about the bill and said it’s “heartbreaking” to think of “more guns everywhere in Texas."

Should states adopt “permitless carry” or “constitutional carry” laws for handguns?

Over a Million Bees Left To Die on Hot UPS Truck

More than a million bees en-route to New England were left on a hot UPS truck for weeks. By the time UPS called a beekeeper to the Boston-area truck, more than half of the pollinators were dead.

“Almost all of them could have been saved if they called someone right away," said Anita Deeley, a former Massachusetts Department of Agriculture inspector and a beekeeper.

UPS alleges it is “not accurate” that the bees were kept on a hot truck for weeks, but when pressed for information of what is accurate, the shipping giant did not provide further information.

“We have been working with the customer over the last couple of weeks, making multiple attempts with local beekeepers to safely contain and move the bees,” UPS told Boston.com.

Tell UPS to review its live-animal shipping policies:

Got Questions About Bills & Congress? Ask Us! 

Do you have questions about how Congress works? Or want to know whether that provision of a recently passed bill you heard about does what that viral post claimed?

If you’re flummoxed by how the filibuster functions or the duties of the parliamentarian have you perplexed, send us your questions in the comment section here and we’ll try to answer them in a future post!

And, In The End...

On this date in 1892, the Sierra Club was organized in San Francisco:

Hope you get to enjoy the outdoors this summer,

—Josh Herman

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