Buying and Selling in Texas?

[rotor]

I find it peculiar that I can buy anything in Texas except for a handgun.

I have current Texas CL, Physician License, Lifetime hunting/fishing, etc. Local bank accounts, belong to TMA, HCMS, H A M, Life-TSRA. I wonder what the 'legislators" were thinking?

leVieux

What did I miss that you can’t buy a handgun?

 

[Renegade]

I have current Texas CL, Physician License, Lifetime hunting/fishing, etc. Local bank accounts, belong to TMA, HCMS, H A M, Life-TSRA. I wonder what the 'legislators" were thinking?

They were thinking they did not want states with lax laws selling to out of state residents from strict states and bring the guns back.

 

[Renegade]

Thank you.
The one (and so far only) shop I stopped in to is saying that none of those would work. Additionally, I don't have a lease agreement, it's my FIL's home that we are using for the moment.

If your out of state DL is current and has photo, it covers everything but residency.

So you need a govt issued document that shows where you reside.

See - Question 26.b. Supplemental Documentation on the current 4473 instructions

https://www.atf.gov/firearms/docs/4473-part-1-firearms-transaction-record-over-counter-atf-form-53009/download

 

[Shady]

I find it peculiar that I can buy anything in Texas except for a handgun.

I have current Texas CL, Physician License, Lifetime hunting/fishing, etc. Local bank accounts, belong to TMA, HCMS, H A M, Life-TSRA. I wonder what the 'legislators" were thinking?

leVieux

So I want to see the shop that sells hand grenades rocket launchers and Weed


even in Tx no one can legally buy everything

 

[leVieux]

What did I miss that you can’t buy a handgun?

I don't have current Texas residency or a Texas D L.

Whenever I visit Texas I have plenty handguns anyway. Couldn't the "legislators" understand and/or anticipate that ? There is no prohibition for me HAVING or carrying a handgun in Texas, so exactly what does this STUPID "law" prevent ? Seems that having a current Texas C L should over-rule the restriction.

leVieux

 

[leVieux]

They were thinking they did not want states with lax laws selling to out of state residents from strict states and bring the guns back.

So, are you telling me that the LOUISIANA legislature is regulating TEXAS gun-shops ?

leVieux

 

[leVieux]

If your out of state DL is current and has photo, it covers everything but residency.

So you need a govt issued document that shows where you reside.

See - Question 26.b. Supplemental Documentation on the current 4473 instructions

https://www.atf.gov/firearms/docs/4473-part-1-firearms-transaction-record-over-counter-atf-form-53009/download

OK, saw 26b; but, so what does this have to do with it? I can buy rifles & shotguns, ammo etc. I don't see anything re "handguns" on the form.

leVieux

 

[Renegade]

So, are you telling me that the LOUISIANA legislature is regulating TEXAS gun-shops ?

leVieux

No, the US Congress is

 

[Renegade]

OK, saw 26b; but, so what does this have to do with it? I can buy rifles & shotguns, ammo etc. I don't see anything re "handguns" on the form.

leVieux

Huh?
Have you not know that since 1968 you can only buy firearms in your own state except for rifles and shotguns?

 

[Dave Z]

I find it peculiar that I can buy anything in Texas except for a handgun.

I have current Texas CL, Physician License, Lifetime hunting/fishing, etc. Local bank accounts, belong to TMA, HCMS, H A M, Life-TSRA. I wonder what the 'legislators" were thinking?

leVieux

Handguns are treated differently than Rifles and shotguns are. Under federal law, you can only purchase a handgun from within your own state of residence. If you want to buy a handgun from an out of state source, by law you are required to have the person out of state ship the gun to a licensed firearm dealer located in your state, then that shop can transfer the handgun to you. If you buy a handgun any other way from out of state you are breaking federal law as well as probably your state law too.

 

[leVieux]

I didn't know that was part of the 1968 Federal GCA. Thanks for the info.

leVieux

 

[Bully]

If your out of state DL is current and has photo, it covers everything but residency.

So you need a govt issued document that shows where you reside.

See - Question 26.b. Supplemental Documentation on the current 4473 instructions

https://www.atf.gov/firearms/docs/4473-part-1-firearms-transaction-record-over-counter-atf-form-53009/download

Vehicle registration?
Would that cover it?

 

[leVieux]

If I lived in DFW Houston Austin metro areas, I would check nearby rural counties for a DL appointment. The receipt is good for purchase from a FFL dealer. Though some dealers may not allow that, it is legal.

While living @ Houston or Galveston, the Dickinson office is very convenient.

 

[1911'S 4 Me]

S.B. No. 1188​

	AN ACT​
	relating to the interstate purchase of certain firearms.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 46.07, Penal Code, is amended to read as
	follows:
	Sec. 46.07. INTERSTATE PURCHASE. A resident of this state
	may, if not otherwise precluded by law, purchase firearms,
	ammunition, reloading components, or firearm accessories in
	another state [contiguous states]. This authorization is enacted
	in conformance with 18 U.S.C. Section 922(b)(3)(A)[, Public Law
	90-618, 90th Congress].
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
	______________________________	______________________________​
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House​
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1188 passed the Senate on
	April 23, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 0.
	______________________________​
	Secretary of the Senate​
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1188 passed the House on
	May 18, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 1, one present
	not voting.
	______________________________​
	Chief Clerk of the House​
	Approved:
	______________________________
	Date
	______________________________
	Governor

 

[Axxe55]

That pesky 1968 GCA.

 

[Renegade]

That pesky 1968 GCA.

Which was superceded in 1986.

 

[Axxe55]

Which was superceded in 1986.

Drat! Well, that one is pesky too!

IMO, they are all restrictive and infringing. If a person is legal to buy any firearm, in any state, it really shouldn't matter what state they reside in.

That is purely a comment and nothing more.

 

[Renegade]

Drat! Well, that one is pesky too!

IMO, they are all restrictive and infringing. If a person is legal to buy any firearm, in any state, it really shouldn't matter what state they reside in.

That is purely a comment and nothing more.

Way before my buying time, but I think GCA68 required a state to say it was OK to buy in a contiguous state, hence that law. It was superceded by FOPA86 which removed that requirement and opened up to all states, not just contiguous.

 

[Axxe55]

Way before my buying time, but I think GCA68 required a state to say it was OK to buy in a contiguous state, hence that law. It was superceded by FOPA86 which removed that requirement and opened up to all states, not just contiguous.

Like many of our gun laws, it really doesn't make any sense. Simply because, the Form 4473 covers all states. If a person is legal in one state, per the Form 4473 and a background check, then they should be legal in any other state, even if they don't reside there.

I'm not questioning your statements, just the logic behind the laws.

 

[Renegade]

Like many of our gun laws, it really doesn't make any sense. Simply because, the Form 4473 covers all states. If a person is legal in one state, per the Form 4473 and a background check, then they should be legal in any other state, even if they don't reside there.

I'm not questioning your statements, just the logic behind the laws.

I know I was just trying to get to the "how we got this assinine law" in the first place...