Patrick’s push for expanded background checks would only accelerate that trend in 2020. “It’s not that we’re going to start voting for Democrats; it’s that we’re going to stop voting ...

Patrick took the same message to the public, telling Fox News in September 2019 that 10% to 15% of guns were sold between strangers with no background check. “They don't know who they're selling ...

In 2019, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick called for expanding background checks to private gun sales between strangers. Then he quietly dropped the issue.

Patrick estimated that 5% to 8% of gun sales are from private gun owners to strangers, transactions that allow for potential mischief because a background check is not required.

For the past year, Patrick has refused to answer questions about whether he still supports the stronger background checks. On Thursday, at a San Antonio news conference where Gov. Greg Abbott ...