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Not this again...

http://www.texasshooting.com/TexasCHL_F ... &sk=t&sd=a

Short summary: It is not illegal for the child to possess the firearm, it is illegal (and a class C mis.) for the adult to make it available. These are two different things, and on a practical level the only time an officer is going to find out about the gun is if the kid uses it in defense (and then there is a defense to prosecution for having provided it) or if the kid does something illegal which is why the law was written, to keep guns out of irresponsible youthful hands.

I guess if an officer found out about it during a routine traffic stop the officer could launch an investigation into the possibility that a class C misdemeanor was committed, but I don't see that as being very likely if there were no other crime committed.