This guide provides information on Texas and federal gun laws including: background checks, open carry, concealed carry, handgun licenses, restrictions for felons, and local regulation of firearms and shooting ranges.
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This statute discusses instances when it is unlawful to sell, rent, lease, loan, or give a handgun to a person. It includes various restrictions on: those under age 18, those convicted of a felony, those with an active protective order against them, and those who are intoxicated.
This chapter broadly regulates many aspects of sales, transfers, and possession of firearms. This chapter includes provisions enacted by the Gun Control Act of 1968 and the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993.
This page from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) describes the types of people who are ineligible to purchase or possess firearms according to federal law.
This page discusses who is prohibited from purchasing or possessing a gun according to Texas law. The page is provided by the Giffords Law Center, a nonprofit devoted to preventing gun violence.
This page from the FBI has a handy flow chart that explains what types of non-citizens may purchase guns while they are in the U.S.
This page provides answers to some common questions about whether non-citizens who are in the U.S. lawfully on a temporary basis for a specific purpose (nonimmigrant aliens) may possess a firearm.
