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canvasbck wrote:Does anyone else find it ironic that the code literally states that "Firearm does not include...........an antique or curio firearm"

KLB wrote:

locke_n_load wrote:Well considering that the 1847 Colt Walker is not considered a Handgun per Texas Penal Code...

None other than Ralph Waldo Emerson observed that a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

Of course, he never explained how to identify foolish consistencies. I can only surmise that consistencies are foolish if they undermine the Lefty narrative. Since I don't see your point doing that, your call for consistency is probably fine. (I'm not implying anything about your POV, just indulging my penchant for trivia.)

(3) "Firearm" means any device designed, made, or adapted to expel a projectile through a barrel by using the energy generated by an explosion or burning substance or any device readily convertible to that use. Firearm does not include a firearm that may have, as an integral part, a folding knife blade or other characteristics of weapons made illegal by this chapter and that is:
(A) an antique or curio firearm manufactured before 1899; or
(B) a replica of an antique or curio firearm manufactured before 1899, but only if the replica does not use rim fire or center fire ammunition.
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(5) "Handgun" means any firearm that is designed, made, or adapted to be fired with one hand.