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ELB wrote:
Make sure you at looking at the final version of the bill, in this case the "enrolled" one.

http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/ ... 01819F.htm

Don't just grab the first one that comes up on search. Find the bill's "home page" (for lack of a better term)
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/BillLook ... ill=HB1819

select the "text" tab, and look for the last version at the bottom.

The Annoyed Man wrote:So if I read this correctly (someone please correct me if I'm wrong), prior to amendment, the relevant section of the bill reads:

• SECTION 1. Sections 46.05(a) and (e), Penal Code, are amended to read as follows:
  • (a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly possesses, manufactures, transports, repairs, or sells:
    • (1) any of the following items, unless the item is registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record maintained by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives or classified as a curio or relic by the United States Department of Justice:
      • (A) an explosive weapon;
        (B) a machine gun; or
        (C) a short-barrel firearm; [or
        [(D) a firearm silencer;]
      (2) knuckles;
      (3) armor-piercing ammunition;
      (4) a chemical dispensing device;
      (5) a zip gun; [or]
      (6) a tire deflation device; or
      (7) a firearm silencer, unless the firearm silencer is classified as a curio or relic by the United States Department of Justice or the actor otherwise possesses, manufactures, transports, repairs, or sells the firearm silencer in compliance with federal law.

Estes' amendment would change this to read:

• SECTION 1. Sections 46.05(a) and (e), Penal Code, are amended to read as follows:
  • (a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly possesses, manufactures, transports, repairs, or sells:
    • (1) any of the following items, unless the item is registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record maintained by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives or otherwise not subject to that registration requirement or unless the item is classified as a curio or relic by the United States Department of Justice:
      • (A) an explosive weapon;
        (B) a machine gun; or
        (C) a short-barrel firearm; [or
        [(D) a firearm silencer;]
      (2) knuckles;
      (3) armor-piercing ammunition;
      (4) a chemical dispensing device;
      (5) a zip gun; [or]
      (6) a tire deflation device; or
      (7) a firearm silencer, unless the firearm silencer is classified as a curio or relic by the United States Department of Justice or the actor otherwise possesses, manufactures, transports, repairs, or sells the firearm silencer in compliance with federal law.

Since, according to the BATF, the Shockwave (and presumably the Remington TAC-14) are not subject to the NFA's registration requirement, the red text amendment would bring those two guns (and others like them) into compliance with Texas law.

Many props to Senator Estes!