Opinion

State Comptroller Glenn Hegar last week released his agency’s plan to support the expansion of broadband internet access to areas with limited or no access. Hegar and his agency’s Broadband Development Office received feedback through a series of town halls, virtual discussions and more than 16,000 responses to a survey.

We are currently hearing a ton about the need to ban or circumscribe “assault rifles.” I notice that when liberal legislators use the term, however, they seem to use it interchangeably with “semi-automatic.” There is a world of difference between the two terms. True assault rifles can generally be switched between semi-automatic and fully automatic (in which a single trigger pull produces continuous fire). They also feature flash suppressors to prevent the enemy from seeing the source of gun fire and barrel shrouds to prevent heated barrels from burning the shooter. They also will take magazines of significant capacity. A semi-automatic rifle, on the other hand, simply fires one shot per trigger pull.

Anti-gun violence protests were held in multiple cities across the state over the weekend, while the state has imposed additional measures designed to strengthen school security.