An Texas judge has slapped down an attempt by state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) to force the state fair to allow guns. Paxton’s office sued in August to block a change in state fair policy to ban private firearms — a change Dallas County District Judge Emily Tobolowsky upheld Thursday.

The dispute boils down to whether the fair is subject to the same restrictions around prohibiting guns as the city.

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.