State Fair of Texas 2025

[ScottDLS]

East Texas State Fair handled it with LEO's and LTC's going to the side and showing a uniformed officer their credentials. Everybody else walked through the upright post-style metal detectors. Seemed to work well.

But that's just common sense.

Which is what the State Fair of Texas did for 25 years until 2023...

[Jose_in_Dallas]

Unrelated but when I did go to the Fair, I always took the DART rail as I hated the parking around there, it was cheaper, and it was just convenient as it drops you off in front of the Fair grounds. I refuse to go to a lot of places unarmed, especially events like this where predators are looking for easy victims.

The unrelated story below is regarding a man killed Monday night riding DART home from Deep Ellum (another place I refuse to go unarmed and won't venture to once it gets dark) after celebrating his birthday. I've happened to have been served by Daniel a few times and as recently as last month. Nice enough guy, just heartbreaking how it went down.

https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/crime ... 6174521e35

Edit. Daniel was a bartender and GM at a restaurant in Irving that I've been going to since the late 90's.

[AF-Odin]

Tried to get this fixed in the 2025 Legislature, but the big money dudes from the Houston livestock show and some others tried to get additional "gun free zones" designated in exchange for the State Fair. Need more "real" gun friendly legislators in the State Senate.