State Moves to Kill Firearm ‘Switches’

U.S. Attorneys across Texas announced “Operation Texas Kill Switch” on Monday in a statewide effort to stop the spread of illegal machine gun conversion devices known as “switches.”

The devices convert a firearm into a fully automatic weapon capable of firing faster than military-grade M4s.

Between 2017 and 2023, Texas ATF agents seized nearly 1,000 machine-gun conversion devices. About half of the seizures took place last year.

“In the last five years, the number of switches on our streets have increased almost six-fold,” said Leigha Simonton, the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas. 

Judge Dismisses Migrant Riot Charges 

An El Paso judge dismissed state rioting charges on Monday against 59 migrants involved in a border disturbance in El Paso in April, saying the court “did not have jurisdiction” over the cases because they weren’t filed correctly.

Last month, El Paso County Judge Ruben Morales cited the same legal rationale for dismissing similar charges against 211 illegal aliens.

Federal charges related to the incident are still pending, and the migrants remain in custody while awaiting the outcome of those cases.

Texas Buc-ee’s Still the World Champion 

Buc-ee’s opened its largest store yet in Luling, Texas on Monday, but it was only supposed to be the world’s largest until an even bigger one opened in Ocala, Florida in 2026.

The new Luling location spans 75,000 square feet, while the Ocala store was expected to be 80,000 square feet. That changed this week when Buc-ee’s said the Florida store would actually be only 74,000 square feet.

That means the Luling store, having already surpassed the Buc-ee’s in Sevierville, Tennessee by 300 square feet, will still beat the Florida location by 1,000 square feet, thereby maintaining the all-important rule: Everything’s bigger in Texas.

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Tuesday’s Results:

Which of the following Texas landmarks is your favorite to visit? 

1. 1. Alamo / San Antonio River Walk: 25.6%
   2. Fort Worth Stockyards: 19.2%
   3. Big Bend National Park: 16.1%
   4. Other: 9.8%
   5. Enchanted Rock: 7.9%
   6. Johnson Space Center: 7.8%
   7. State Capitol: 7.0%
   8. San Jacinto Battleground: 6.7%

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