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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. Const. of 1876, Art. I, § 23
    (1876)
    Declared every citizen to have the right to bear arms in defense of themselves or the state, but the legislature shall have power to regulate the bearing of arms to prevent crime.
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    Tex. Const., Art. I, § 13 (1869)
    (1869)
    Declared everyone shall have the right to keep and bear arms, subject to regulations as the legislature "may prescribe."