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- Sat Mar 28, 2020 7:43 am
- Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
- Topic: AG Opinion Request RQ-0341-KP Restrict Sale of Guns
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Re: AG Opinion Request RQ-0341-KP Restrict Sale of Guns
I think it's interesting how quickly this opinion was issued. Normally opinions take weeks or months to receive after the request is made. I wonder if it was so rapid this time due to the pressing and time sensitive nature of the issue or because of how easy it was to interpret and explain the law?
- Fri Mar 27, 2020 12:04 pm
- Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
- Topic: AG Opinion Request RQ-0341-KP Restrict Sale of Guns
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Re: AG Opinion Request RQ-0341-KP Restrict Sale of Guns
Opinion issued: firearm, ammunition sale, gun range operations are essential services.
SUMMARY
Subsections 229.001(a) and 236.002(a) of the Local
Government Code prohibit a municipality or county from adopting
regulations related to the transfer, possession, or ownership of
firearms, or commerce in firearms. These provisions apply to
municipal and county regulation “notwithstanding any other law.”
Thus, while municipal and county officials possess general
emergency authority to control the movement of persons and the
occupancy of premises in a local disaster area under Government
Code section 418.108, such orders may not regulate or restrict the
sale of firearms.