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I stand corrected and beg everyone Indulgence of my Ignorance of Texas laws I have searched for some time and I found this reference.
Please forgive my stupidity and I now believe all kids should have Handguns.
I humbly submit to my mistake.
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Texas
There are no state laws prohibiting a minor from possessing firearms, including handguns and semiautomatic assault weapons. Minors do not even need parental permission to be in possession of a firearm.
No selling or giving firearms to minors under 18, unless for supervised loans of firearms or for limited lawful activities, such as hunting.

http://www.legalmatch.com/law-library/a ... a-gun.html

txinvestigator wrote:

Dougmyers5 wrote:21 is the legal age he can buy a gun, anything less and someone furnished it to him or it is stolen. If it is legal for a child to own a hand gun at 17 years of age and up some one provided it or it is stolen.

No, an 18 year old can buy a rifle or shotgun. And an 18 year old can buy from someone without an FFL.

In this case he Brandished or pointed it at someone at the very least he was breaking the law because of that and being under age in possession of a hand gun.

He may or may not have lawfully possesed the handgun, you have not established any law yet that makes it unlawful for a 15 year old to have possession of it.

And we don't know for a fact if the kid didn't have a justification for pulling it. Remember, the news seldom gets it right. (not defending the kid, just pointing out a few things)

Was the kid legal to have the gun I think not, you think what ever you want makes no difference to me.

Thinking means nothing, the law does.

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He was not 18 and it was not a rifle or a shot gun.

If he bought it from someone then they provided it for him at 15 years of age.

21 is the legal age he can buy a gun, anything less and someone furnished it to him or it is stolen. If it is legal for a child to own a hand gun at 17 years of age and up some one provided it or it is stolen.

In this case he Brandished or pointed it at someone at the very least he was breaking the law because of that and being under age in possession of a hand gun.

Was the kid legal to have the gun I think not, you think what ever you want makes no difference to me.

Texas Penal Code
§ 46.13. MAKING A FIREARM ACCESSIBLE TO A CHILD. (a) In
this section:
(1) "Child" means a person younger than 17 years of
age.

AGE RESTRICTIONS ON FIREARMS
TRANSACTIONS
Youth Handgun Safety Act
Recently mailings went to the licensees providing
for poster requirements and handbill delivery
requirements of an explanation brochure to
handgun transferees from Federal firearms
licensees. These mailings led to some confusion
within the industry. No change has been made to
the age restrictions pertaining to Federal firearms
licensees transferring firearms. If the firearm
being transferred is other than a rifle or shotgun
[27 CFR § 178.99(b) & 18 U.S.C. § 922(b)(1)],
then the purchaser must be 21 years of age or
older. It the firearm is a rifle or shotgun then the
purchaser must be 18 years of age or older.

http://www.atf.gov/pub/fflnews_pub/ffl0299.pdf

A person cant own a hand gun or have one without adult supervision until age 21 in Texas.
Could be some parents in trouble for their dead kid having their hand gun.

Road rage incident in east Oak Cliff ends in death of boy, 15

09:41 PM CST on Friday, November 23, 2007
By STEVE THOMPSON / The Dallas Morning News
stevethompson@dallasnews.com

A man shot and killed a 15-year-old boy in east Oak Cliff early Friday during a road rage incident in which each pulled a gun on the other.

Anthony Gray, 30, told police he was heading home along Marsalis Avenue about 3:45 a.m. when the teenager, Frank Vega, cut him off in a 2004 Cadillac.

The two exchanged words at the stoplight where Marsalis meets Saner Avenue. Either at the stoplight or soon after, both men pulled out handguns. Mr. Gray fired multiple shots, and a bullet hit the teenager in the chest.

The teen's Cadillac ran off the road nearly a mile away near Overton Road. Mr. Gray pulled off the road and called 911.

"We don't know who displayed a weapon first, but both were armed, and we believe it could be a case of self-defense," said Sgt. Bruce McDonald, a Dallas police homicide supervisor.

Authorities say the teenager did not fire his weapon.

Police plan to refer the case to a grand jury.

Mr. Gray could not be reached for comment.

"It's sad that we have a 15-year-old out on the street at that time of the morning armed," Sgt. McDonald said.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent ... 5f404.html