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1) sell, rent, lease, loan, or give a handgun to a person that the
seller knows intends to commit an unlawful act;
2) intentionally or knowingly sell, rent, lease, or give (or even
offer to do so) a firearm to any child;
3) intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly sell a firearm or
ammunition to an intoxicated person;
4) knowingly sell a firearm or ammunition to any person convicted
of a felony before the lapsing of five years from release from
confinement or supervision; or
5) sell, rent, lease, loan, or give a handgun to a person knowing
that the person is subject to an active protective order.
If a person falls under any of the categories (see full explanations
below) listed in the foregoing sections, Texas law makes it illegal
to sell that person a firearm.
B. Texas law disqualifications for purchasing a firearm
Unlike the disqualifications for selling, which place criminal
penalties on the seller, the disqualifications for purchasing a
firearm are located in Texas Penal Code Sections 46.06(a)(6) and
(a)(7). These Sections criminalize certain conduct for purchases.
Specifically, it is unlawful for a person to knowingly purchase, rent,
lease, or receive a handgun as a loan or gift from another while the
recipient is subject to an active protective order. It is also unlawful
for a person, while prohibited from possessing a firearm under state
or federal law, to knowingly make a material false statement on a
federal firearm transaction form.
C. Texas law disqualifications for possessing firearms
Similar to the disqualifications for selling and purchasing firearms
under Texas law, Chapter 46 of the Penal Code also includes
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