Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is appealing last week's decision by a district court to allow the State Fair of Texas to enforce its policy banning guns from the fairgrounds.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has appealed a Dallas judge's ruling that would allow the State Fair of Texas' gun ban to remain in effect.

A judge has denied a effort by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to halt the recently announced ban on guns at the State Fair of Texas.

Read more Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced in a news release that he filed an appeal in the lawsuit over the city of Dallas and the State Fair’s new policy banning all firearms from its fairgrounds.

The State Fair of Texas, which starts on Friday, is enforcing a new policy banning guns from the fairgrounds.Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has

The Fair argues it's a private entity and should be allowed to make its own safety rules. Paxton's office says the rule infringes on gun owners' rights.