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MadMonkey wrote:

Keith B wrote:

MadMonkey wrote:Wouldn't a potato gun fall under similar rules to blackpowder muzzle loaders?

Black powder muzzle loaders are still firearms.

I'm not up to speed on Texas law for them, but I was under the impression that Federal law didn't qualify a muzzle loader as a firearm unless it could be easily converted to fire regular ammunition (that's why you seem them in blister packs on the shelf at Cabelas or Bass Pro, with no paperwork to purchase). I could be wrong though.

speedsix wrote:...with the legal definition, crammin' a spud or a snowball up the tailpipe of a school bus means you just created a firearm...life ain't much fun anymore...

Keith B wrote:A spud gun is legally a firearm in Texas. TPC 46.01 defines firearm as:

'(3) "Firearm" means any device designed, made, or adapted to expel a projectile through a barrel by using the energy generated by an explosion or burning substance or any device readily convertible to that use...

So, since a spud gun uses an explosion to propel the projectile, then it is a firearm and you have to follow firearms laws for use. This means a city can control the discharge of the firearm within it's jurisdiction.