From GOA,
"...in Texas, HB 2286 would keep state officials from arresting any gun owner who possessed a suppressor without paying the NFA tax."
The amendment passed in the House and posted above would allow those same state officials to support the feds arresting the same gunowner they couldn't arrest themselves, if I understand correctly.
It's a bone tossed to us that may have positive effect in the future, but is just there to placate us for now.
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Only if they are working with the feds as part of a task force; if this passes I'm going to have to look to see if our state law has any definition of what constitutes a "task force."
I think the intent is that our state/local police can't hassle someone with a silencer, but if they happen to be assisting the Feds on raid a silencer turns up they can still help the Feds.
That being said there is still always the worry that if the cop who pulls you over for speeding and sees a silencer, if he don't like you he might just call his buddy at the ATF and pass your info along on the sly.