Sections
12 entriesSection 22949.60Establishes legislative findings that assault weapons, .50 BMG rifles, unserialized firearms, and firearms among people under 21 threaten public safety and impede…Section 22949.61Defines .50 BMG rifle as a centerfire rifle firing that cartridge and neither an assault weapon nor machinegun, and assault weapon through…Section 22949.62Prohibits specified manufacture, distribution, transport, import, sale, lending, or transfer of assault weapons, .50 BMG rifles, unserialized firearms, and certain precursor parts,…Section 22949.63Allows licensed firearm dealers to receive legally held assault weapons, .50 BMG rifles, and firearm precursor parts for service or repair and…Section 22949.64Limits enforcement of the chapter exclusively to the specified private civil actions and bars state and local officials from enforcing or threatening…Section 22949.65Allows private persons other than state or local government officers or employees to sue for knowing violations, aiding or abetting, or intended…Section 22949.66Limits a defendant in the specified action from asserting another person's Second Amendment rights unless the United States Supreme Court requires third-party…Section 22949.67Limits construction of the chapter so it does not authorize an action against a person purchasing, obtaining, or attempting to obtain the…Section 22949.68Sets venue for the specified civil action in a county where substantial events occurred, where a natural-person defendant resided when the claim…Section 22949.69Establishes sovereign immunity for the state, governmental immunity for political subdivisions, and official immunity for their officers and employees against actions challenging…Section 22949.70Establishes broad severability for every provision and application of the chapter, requiring constitutionally valid applications to remain in force when others are…Section 22949.71Sets the chapter to become inoperative if a final decision of the United States Supreme Court or Texas Supreme Court invalidates the…