bubba84 wrote:The penal code does not give you permission to do things. .......Does not include black powder or antique type firearms. 18 USC §921(3).
Which ignores the fact that someone has been convicted of it and case was upheld on appeal.
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- Wed Oct 29, 2014 1:43 pm
- Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
- Topic: Felons
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Re: Felons
Which ignores the fact that someone has been convicted of it and case was upheld on appeal.
- Tue Oct 28, 2014 11:13 pm
- Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
- Topic: Felons
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Re: Felons
How is this for an answer,
Not with any legal certainty. Texas has a law that a firearm older than 1899 or replica of a such a gun that is not center fire is not a firearm. That being said as soon as you treat a cap and ball pistol as a weapon then you can be arrested and charged with an illegal weapon. There has been a case of a man being convicted in Texas on weapons charges for a pre 1899 shotgun after the law was in effect and it was upheld on appeal. There hasn't been enough case law to draw a solid line on when and how you might be convicted but a felon carrying a CB pistol as a way to get around weapon restrictions would be begging to be made a test case. IMO
Not with any legal certainty. Texas has a law that a firearm older than 1899 or replica of a such a gun that is not center fire is not a firearm. That being said as soon as you treat a cap and ball pistol as a weapon then you can be arrested and charged with an illegal weapon. There has been a case of a man being convicted in Texas on weapons charges for a pre 1899 shotgun after the law was in effect and it was upheld on appeal. There hasn't been enough case law to draw a solid line on when and how you might be convicted but a felon carrying a CB pistol as a way to get around weapon restrictions would be begging to be made a test case. IMO