Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Possession of explosive weapons, machine guns, and short-barrel firearms is permitted by Texas law as long the owner has registered the item in the NFA registry. [47] As of September 1, 2021, Texas law exempts from federal law suppressors manufactured within the state and that remain in the state, and prohibits the state from enforcing federal ...
Gun laws in the United States regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition.State laws (and the laws of the District of Columbia and of the U.S. territories) vary considerably, and are independent of existing federal firearms laws, although they are sometimes broader or more limited in scope than the federal laws.
Criminal possession of a weapon is the unlawful possession of a weapon by an individual. It may also be an additional crime if a violent offense was committed with a deadly weapon or firearm. Such crimes are public order crimes and are considered mala prohibita, in that the possession of a
According to Texas law, no guns are allowed: “On the physical premises of a school or educational institution, any grounds or building on which an activity sponsored by a school or educational ...
The alleged owner of the gear, 32-year-old Aaron C. Stanislav of 134 Cow Hill Road in Mystic had the ammunition seized by Groton Town police and is ... Police use red flag law to seize ammunition ...
The first codification of Texas criminal law was the Texas Penal Code of 1856. Prior to 1856, criminal law in Texas was governed by the common law, with the exception of a few penal statutes. [3] In 1854, the fifth Legislature passed an act requiring the Governor to appoint a commission to codify the civil and criminal laws of Texas.
In a loss for the Biden administration, the Supreme Court on Friday ruled that federal ban on “bump stocks,” gun accessories that allow semi-automatic rifles to fire more quickly, is unlawful.
In tandem with the assault weapons ban is a law that bans the manufacture, transport, disposal or possession of a "large capacity ammunition feeding device", defined as: "a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or similar device that: 1) has a capacity of, or that can be readily restored or converted to accept, more than ten rounds of ammunition; 2 ...