States do not have uniform BB gun laws. Rather, laws and regulations of BB guns and airguns vary considerably from state to state. Some forbid the ownership and use of BB guns altogether; others restrict ownership based on age or whether the guns are being used on the owner's property. S...
The fatal shooting of 19 children and two adults at a primary school in Texas has renewed calls for a crackdown on gun ownership in the US and the reform of the country's gun laws. Theattack in the city of Uvaldeis the deadliest school shooting in the US since ...
Texas Gun Laws Overview Texas has some of the most permissive gun laws in the United States. While certain firearms and ammunition types like machine guns, sawed-off shotguns, silencers, armor-piercing bullets, zip guns, and explosive weapons are generally prohibited unless federally registered, Te...
Even the most avid and conscientious gun owners may find there are laws, policies, and considerations when it comes to gun ownership in Texas they didn't know. Let's take a look at 10 interesting facts regarding Texas Gun Laws that you may not have been aware of previously. Texas Gun La...
NICS Instant Check and the other federal laws affecting private gun ownership • Who’s exempt from gun laws • Firearm requirements for hunters • Buying and selling firearms in or out of Texas, including Class III and NFA weapons • Judgmental shooting • Gun safety • Keeping kids...
While Trump repeatedly has said Chicago has the toughest gun control laws in the U.S., the reality is the city's gun laws have been significantly weakened over the past decade. In 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the city's longstanding ban on handgun ownership. Two years later...
Law enforcement officials tell CBS News it's easy for criminals to get their hands on a gun in the Lone Star State. Texas has one of the highest rates of gun ownership and some of the laxest gun laws in the country. And some survivors of gun violence there say they're concerned the...
To protect and defend the inalienable rights of the individual Texan to acquire, possess, transfer ownership, and enjoy the right to lawful use of firearms for self-preservation, for the defense of family and property, and for the common defense of the Republic and the individual liberties of ...
On Friday, the 31st anniversary of the massacre of Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas, the ATF issued new regulations that make it more difficult to comply with federal laws regulating gun dealing and background checks. Since the 1930s, federal law has required gun dealers to be registered as ...
thirds of the Republican electorate in Texas think that the solution to gun violence might be more guns, not fewer, it creates a serious challenge to a Republican legislature in trying to craft any kind of response to gun violence that would include any prohibition on gun ownership," Blank ...