A reader is disappointed that Texas has decriminalized owning a sawed-off shotgun, adding to the arsenal of weapons that we can legally own.

Texas lawmakers passed Senate Bill 1596, a measure that removes short-barrel firearms, known as sawed-off shotguns, from the state's prohibited weapons list.

A bill removing short-barrel or "sawed-off" guns from the state's list of weapons that are banned without federal ...

Short-barreled guns include rifles with barrels shorter than 16 inches or shotguns with barrels shorter than 18 inches, also ...

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“They were easy targets for the wide blast of this sawed-off shotgun. He didn’t even have to aim," said Rice. “The current process, as I understand it for registering a short barrel ...

Short shotguns and rifles are not “good” guns and have practically no legitimate civilian use. Lacking longer barrels and chokes to create accuracy, sawed off shotguns are called scatterguns ...

Short barreled, aka sawed-off, shotguns and rifles are now decriminalized. They say you must register them with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and pay a fee, but we know not ...

“I fear without this commitment, sawed-off shotguns will become more readily available to minors.” Others, including the Texas State Rifle Association, argue that removing short-barrel guns ...