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Texas

This jurisdictional hub aggregates FRC holdings related to Texas. It supports research on the state’s firearms history, technology, law, policy, and culture from Spanish and Mexican periods through the Republic of Texas, statehood, and the present.

  • Legal sources: statutes and session laws, administrative code, attorney general opinions, appellate decisions, and select municipal ordinances.
  • Historical materials: newspapers, photographs, maps, catalogs, frontier and ranger records, ranching and oil-and-gas archives, border and military collections, and oral histories tied to Texas people and places.
  • Research outputs: technical reports, academic studies, training manuals, and curated datasets relevant to the state.

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    Tex. Const., Art. I, § 13
    (1845)
    Declared every citizen "shall have the right to keep and bear arms in the lawful defence of himself and the State"
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    Tex. Penal Code ch. 14, arts. 611-12 (1857)
    (1856)
    Provided that the use of a Bowie knife or a dagger in manslaughter is to be deemed murder.
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    1859 Tex. Gen. Laws, 458
    (1859)
    Tex. Penal Code arts. 611–12: If one commits a killing with a Bowie-knife or dagger that would render a homicide manslaughter, that killing shall be deemed a murder.