Constitutional Carry- A law called House Bill 1927 or also widely known as the “constitutional carry” law passed in September of 2021 in Texas. Under this law anyone over the age of 21 is able to carry a gun without a license to carry. In order to do so one also has to be able to purchase a gun by federal and state law and cannot be convicted of certain misdemeanors for up to 5 years. This law also does not require people to be citizens of Texas to do so. This is an example of the very loose gun laws in the State of Texas.
Campus Carry Law- Along with the constitutional carry bill, Governor Greg Abbott agreed to Senate Bill 11 which allows guns to be carried on university campuses. One must have a Handgun License to do so but they are easily acquired. According to the law, public Universities have the right to decide where handguns will be restricted on campus, however some places on campus are not allowed to be restricted.
What Guns Are Allowed? - Texas gun laws also set age restrictions on certain firearms. For instance, anyone 18 or over can purchase and own long guns which include shotguns and rifles but only 21 or older can purchase and own a handgun. This however does not mean that 18–20-year-olds cannot carry a handgun in public. A federal judge ruled that a proposed Texas law was unconstitutional as young adults have fought in militia bearing arms, therefore they have a constitutional right to do so now. The law also states what kind of guns are not permitted. Machine guns are not allowed to be possessed by civilians in Texas but what defines a machine gun is where it can get complicated. The all-too infamous AR-15, notorious for being known as a weapon of choice for mass shootings, is deemed as being a non-machinegun. The classification of a machine-gun in Texas is a fully automatic firearm, whereas the AR-15 is commonly referred to as a semi-automatic rifle but can be reverted to fully automatic quite easily.
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