Texas Legalizes Sawed Off Shotguns

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In this episode we discuss the recent approved Texas law that legalizes short barreled rifles and shotguns.

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Episode Transcript

(00:15):
Well, welcome to the Lived ShoePodcast.
My name is Jeff Dole and I'vebeen a licensed firearm dealer
for the last 18 years, and thispodcast we talk about all things
related to Second Amendment.
As well as anything else goingon in the world, a sports story
or anything else I might findinteresting.
So welcome, welcome, welcome.
I'm here to bring you the lateston our God-given rights to keep
and bear arms.
Today we're gonna talk some bignews out of my state, the Lone

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Star state.
I.
That as some people fired up.
But, you know, I want us toslower roll as we dig into this
because some of it's just, youknow, Texas fixing something
that should have never beenbroken.
So what is it?
Well, Texas last week passed alaw legalizing short billed
rifles and shotguns.

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And what does that mean?
What's that mean for the SecondAmendment?
Well, we're gonna dig into it,so let's go.
So on May 27th the Texas Housepassed Senate bill 1596,
removing short barrel firearms,you know, rifles and with
barrels under 16 inches, oroverall length under 26, and
shotguns with barrels under 18inches, or overall length under

(01:21):
26 inches from the state'sprohibitive.
Weapons list.
Now the bills on GovernorAbbott's desk waiting for his
signature.
And if signed, it'll take effectSeptember 1st, 2025.
So you know.
What's this all mean?
Well, for those of you don'tknow short barreled rifles are
often called, you know, saw offshotguns or rifles have been

(01:42):
tightly regulated since the NFAAct of 1934.
Federally, you can own them, butyou've got to deal with the
background checks.
The 200 tech stamp, a TFregistration on an NFA and.
Other things such as that inTexas, it's been a state felony
to possess these unless they'refederally registered or
classified as a curio.
Our relic now Senate bill 15 9 6changes that by decriminalizing

(02:06):
these firearms at the statelevel.
But lemme be clear.
Even if this bill becomes law,you'll still have to register
for the short bail riflesshotguns with the A TF.
The federal NFA rules andfailure to do will still be a
crime.
So what does this all mean?
Well, like I said, Texas hasmade'em illegal even though.
Previously you can still own ashort bail rifle or shotgun if

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you went through theregistration process with the
NFA.
Now, to my knowledge, Texas hasnot enforced this because I have
transferred many a short bailrifles to people and had people
have filed and made their ownSPRs.
All through Texas, and I havenot heard one story of one
person ever being arrested andprosecuted in Texas for having a

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short bail rifle that violatesTexas law while it's still law
and federal while it's stilllegal federally.
So what's this mean?
Texas is just trying to screwfix something that they've had
screwed up for a long time.
There is no instance where inTexas.
Our Second amendment rightsshould be worse than they are at

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the federal level.
That is the lone star state.
And so finally they've gottenthis right because you know, if.
The short act, and we'll talkabout that here in a minute ever
gets passed.
It would still be, and, and thecurrent laws still be illegal in
Texas.
So the Short Act is a federallaw that is supposed to be,
they've been trying to removethese SPRs and short bail

(03:36):
shotguns out of the NFA muchlike they just did.
With the new budgetreconciliation bill for
silencers.
They could not get the SPRs intothe budget reconciliation bill
because there were just, theydidn't get the votes.
There were too many Republicansthat didn't, they said, well,
okay, we can see about, youknow, removing silencers from

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the SBA from the NFA.
But these SPRs, they'rehorrible.
Which is totally messed upthinking you've got a legal
rifle.
And you got a legal pistol, butyou can't have something that's
a rifle that's short and noteven as short as a pistol.
And if they say it's, you know,it's'cause it's concealable.
Well, pistols are designed to beconcealable, so there is no,

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reason why these are should beas part of the NFA, but Texas,
at least, we're finally gettingour act together after many,
many years of having this done.
And it, it's a, it's a win.
We're gonna call it a win.
You know, state senator BrentHaba, he's been pushing this
said the simple truth is riflesare never a problem.

(04:43):
Continue not to be a problem.
And he's right.
Sho well rifles.
Short barrel firearms arecompact and rural and perfect
for self dispense, especially inclose quarters.
So, you know, this bill, it'sall about fairness and freedom.
Short barrel rifles are greatfor home defense, easy to
handle, and, and, and they'regodsend for those that need

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help.
So we've gotta get it signed offof Governor Abbott's desk, but
we've gotta have a call toaction folks for all of you out
there to get.
Short bail rifles removed fromthe NFA that is just the next
step.
We're gonna, hopefully we canget the silencers out with this
and maybe, I don't know, maybethe Senate will go into the

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reconciliation bill and edit itand, and come back and add the
SPRs into it.
I don't know, I don't see thesenators having that mu that
much backbone in them, but maybethey do.
Maybe they do.
I don't know.
But.
For now, at least in Texas ifthey ever do it, then you don't
have to worry about it becominga problem at, at a state level.

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So let's keep going, keepfighting for our rights.
This is a, this is a small win.
It just makes me lessembarrassed just about our Texas
loss to be honest.
And let's keep fighting and havea good week, and I will talk to
you later.