Texas HB2356 amends the Penal Code to criminalize possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of certain devices intended to modify handguns.

Texas HB2356 amends Section 46.05(a) of the Penal Code to establish criminal offenses for the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of specific items. These include devices designed to make a handgun capable of automatically shooting more than one shot without manual reloading by a single function of the trigger, explosive weapons, machine guns, short-barrel firearms, armor-piercing ammunition, chemical dispensing devices, zip guns, tire deflation devices, and improvised explosive devices.

Texas HB2356 amends the Penal Code to criminalize possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of certain devices intended to modify handguns.

Texas HB2356 amends Section 46.05(a) of the Penal Code to establish criminal offenses for the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of specific items. These include devices designed to make a handgun capable of automatically shooting more than one shot without manual reloading by a single function of the trigger, explosive weapons, machine guns, short-barrel firearms, armor-piercing ammunition, chemical dispensing devices, zip guns, tire deflation devices, and improvised explosive devices.