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Extreme Risk Protection Orders in Texas
Texas has no extreme risk protection order law.
Fifty Caliber Rifles in Texas
Texas has no law restricting fifty caliber rifles.
Gun Dealers in Texas
Tex. Fin. Code § 371.179. ⤴︎
Gun Industry Immunity in Texas
Texas has no laws expressly regulating gun shows. See the Texas Private Sales section for state laws that apply at gun shows.
Guns in Vehicles in Texas
Texas has no laws regarding the carrying of long guns (rifles or shotguns) in motor vehicles.
Texas does not require a person to have a valid handgun license in order to carry a loaded handgun in a motor vehicle or watercraft if the vehicle is owned by the person or under the person’s control. However, Texas generally prohibits intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carrying a handgun in plain view in a motor vehicle or watercraft, except by handgun license holders carrying the handgun in a shoulder or belt holster.1
Texas law also prohibits intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly possessing or going with a firearm on a passenger transportation vehicle of a school or educational institution except pursuant to written regulations or written authorization of the institution.2 However, Texas passed a law in 2015, which exempted valid handgun license holders from this restriction, effective August 1, 2016.3 Texas law now generally prohbits K-12 school districts from preventing concealed carry license holders from keeping firearms or ammunition in a locked, privately owned or leased motor vehicle in K-12 school parking areas, provided that the firearm or ammunition is not in plain view.4
In 2011, Texas passed a law prohibiting the Department of Family and Child Services from restricting a foster parent from carrying a handgun in a vehicle while transporting a foster child.5
Tex. Penal Code § 46.02(a-1). For other narrow exceptions to the requirement that firearms in cars and watercraft be concealed, see section 46.15(b). ⤴︎
Tex. Penal Code § 46.03(a). ⤴︎
See 2015 Tx. S.B. 11, amending Tex. Penal Code § 46.03(a)(1). ⤴︎
Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 42.042(e-2). ⤴︎
Large Capacity Magazines in Texas
Texas has no law restricting large capacity ammunition magazines.
Machine Guns & Automatic Firearms in Texas
Texas law prohibits intentionally or knowingly possessing, manufacturing, transporting, repairing, or selling a machine gun.1 However, it is a defense to prosecution if the machine gun was properly registered under federal law.2
Federal law requires machine guns to be registered with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF), and generally prohibits the transfer or possession of machine guns manufactured after May 19, 1986.3 In December 2018, ATF finalized a rule to include bump stocks within the definition of a machine gun subject to this federal law, meaning that bump stocks will be generally banned as of March 26, 2019.4
Tex. Penal Code § 46.05(a)(2). ⤴︎
Tex. Penal Code § 46.05(b), (c). ⤴︎