A Dallas County District judge on Thursday denied Attorney General Ken Paxton’s attempt to block a new State Fair of Texas policy restricting who can bring guns to the 24-day event. The ban will go into effect when the fair kicks off next week.

On Thursday, a Dallas County District Court struck down Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's request to temporarily block the State Fair of Texas’ new policy banning all firearms from its fairgrounds.

With the State Fair of Texas beginning in Dallas in eight days, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s attempts to block the fair’s new gun policy have been denied by a Dallas County district judge.