Under federal law, any individual who wants to purchase a firearm through a federally licensed firearms dealer (FFL) must pass a NICS check. However, under Texas law, a private firearm sale can take place between two individuals without the need for a background check or any official documenta...
Machine Gun Laws Possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of machine guns in Texas is illegal unless the machine gun is federally registered. Penalties for Illegal Firearm Possession Illegal firearm possession in Texas can result in misdemeanor or felony charges based on the circumstances:...
For there to be a crime, the item has to be defined as an illegal weapon under either state or federal law. For federal law weapons charges, read our earlier discussion in “Guns and Drug Trafficking: Firearms And Mandatory Minimum Sentences Under Federal Law,” and in “Increasing Gun Co...
dern Open Carry?]]>At least in popular culture, Texas has always been synonymouswith gun-totin' cowboys, but until...Jonsson, Patrik
Texas attorney general says gun law decreased violenceJulie Nolen
The lawsuit alleges a violation of due process rights, negligence, emotional distress and other violations by the Uvalde school district, the city, firearms maker Daniel Defense, gun dealer Oasis Outback and firearms accessory maker Firequest International. Also named are radio communication device ...
Texas has a new open carry gun law on its books set to take effect on New Year's Day. It permits Texans with concealed handgun licenses to now carry their holstered weapons in plain view. But the law will still ban handguns from certain public places including churches, hospitals, correct...
As these regulations (or absence thereof) suggest, the new owner of a firearm does not need to register it elsewhere with the completed bill of sale serving as proof of a commercial transaction rather than a legal permit or license of carrying or using a gun. At the beginning of the bill...
In June, the Texas legislature passed into law Senate Bill 19, which prohibits state contracts with companies that “discriminate against the firearms or ammunition industries”. This included the major banks’ limitations on doing business with the gun trade, and “state contracts” included the un...
Private sales, which some estimates suggest account for 25% to 40% of all gun sales, are not subject to a federal background check in the United States. If the person selling the firearm knows the buyer cannot legally purchase or possess a firearm, they would be violating the law...