Texas Law on Regulation of Suppressors
Bill Link: HB957
Effective Date: 9/1/2021
Overview: A new Texas law that takes the first two steps against National Firearms Act (NFA) restrictions on firearm sound suppressors went into effect. Rep. Tom Oliverson (R-Cypress) filed House Bill 957 (HB957). The law repeals Texas code criminalizing owning a firearm “silencer,” more accurately referred to as a sound “suppressor” – outside of Federal regulations. It also bans the state from enforcing any federal restrictions on suppressors that don’t exist under the laws of the state.

The widespread easing of suppressor regulation in states subtly undermines federal efforts to unconstitutionally regulate firearms. Banning enforcement of federal restrictions is particularly important in light of not just restrictions under the NFA, but proposals from Congress and the Biden administration to ban them completely.

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Texas Passes Fake “Gun Sanctuary” Law
Bill Link: HB2622
Effective Date: 9/1/2021
Overview: A Texas law purporting to make the state a “gun sanctuary” goes into effect, but in practice it falls far short of those claims.

A coalition of five Republicans introduced House Bill 2622 (HB2622). The new law prohibits any Texas governmental agency, including state and local police departments, from contracting with or in any other manner providing assistance to a federal agency or official with respect to the enforcement of a federal statute, order, rule, or regulation purporting to regulate a firearm, a firearm accessory, or firearm ammunition if it relates to licensing, registration, firearms confiscation, or background checks that do not exist under the laws of the state of Texas.

However, a loophole in the bill will allow continued support for the enforcement of any future gun control as well – as long as it’s done under existing task force agreements, which virtually every locality in the state already has in place.

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