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casselthief wrote:... with a law hanging over my (and other's) head, I'm more inclined to be sure no one can get to my pistols when I may not be looking.

If the risk of having a kid kill someone (possibly including the owner of the weapon) isn't enough to make people careful, why would a law have that effect?

It's already illegal (state law).

You can teach safe handling before going to the range by using a replica, a BB gun, or even a squirt gun. You can also teach a newbie how to determine that a weapon is unloaded. I try to show that to people even if they aren't interested in anything else.

- Jim

There are some mighty mean critters in Texas, too -- mostly two-legged.

PC §46.13 is an interesting law. It doesn't apply in cases of self defense or "an agricultural enterprise," whatever that means.

- Jim

Pickpocket wrote:Under 18 at a gun show?

I think the bogeyman that they're afraid of is teenagers under 18 buying weapons. I can't imagine anyone would be stupid enough to sell a weapon to a kid at a gun show.

Don't most gun show operators require people to be 18 or over, or with an adult? It's not something I ever bothered to notice.

- Jim

casselthief wrote:got no problem with that.

It's not a suitable matter for federal legislation. It's already illegal in Texas to allow a child to have unauthorized access to a weapon (PC §46.13). I'd be surprised if there was a state other than Alaska that didn't have a similar law.

- Jim