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Texas Penal Code - Chapter 46 WeaponsLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Penal Code > Texas Penal Code - Chapter 46 Weapons In this chapter: (1) "Club" means an instrument that is specially designed, made, or adapted for the purpose of inflicting serious bodily injury or death ... (a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carries on or about his person a handgun, illegal knife, or club. (b) ... (a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly possesses or goes with a firearm, illegal knife, club, or prohibited weapon ... (a) A license holder commits an offense if the license holder carries a handgun on or about the license holder's person under the authority of ... (a) A person who has been convicted of a felony commits an offense if he possesses a firearm: (1) after conviction and before the fifth ... (a) In this section, "metal or body armor" means any body covering manifestly designed, made, or adapted for the purpose of protecting a person against ... (a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally or knowingly possesses, manufactures, transports, repairs, or sells: (1) an explosive weapon; (2) a machine gun; ... (a) A person commits an offense if the person: (1) sells, rents, leases, loans, or gives a handgun to any person knowing that the person ... A resident of this state may, if not otherwise precluded by law, purchase firearms, ammunition, reloading components, or firearm accessories in contiguous states. This authorization ... (a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly manufactures, sells, purchases, transports, or possesses a hoax bomb with intent to use the hoax ... (a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly possesses components of an explosive weapon with the intent to combine the components into an ... (a) A person commits an offense if, while confined in a penal institution, he intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly: (1) carries on or about his person ... (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the punishment prescribed for an offense under this chapter is increased to the punishment prescribed for the next ... (a) In a prosecution of an offense for which punishment is increased under Section 46.11, a map produced or reproduced by a municipal or county ... (a) In this section: (1) "Child" means a person younger than 17 years of age. (2) "Readily dischargeable firearm" means a firearm that is loaded ... (a) Sections 46.02 and 46.03 do not apply to: (1) peace officers or special investigators under Article 2.122, Code of Criminal Procedure, and neither section ... Last modified: August 10, 2007 |