Whats the law on felon's and muzzleloaders?

[mikep453]

what about after it is expunged from your record?

I don't think that a feloney can be expunged from your record unless it occured when you are a juvenile and you are convicted as a juvenile.

[Jesse]

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[Txjourneyman]

federal law overrides that. my brother is an fbi agent and he called the us attourney in tarrant county, because i a am felon.

This is true, federal law over rides local. However the feds are unlikely to persue a conviction unless it is related to another case such as the woman from Orange, a suspected drug dealer.

[BigPigSticker]

bow hunting is legal. the only way that you can shoot a muzzleloader legally is if it is flint lock ignited. no percussion caps or 209 primed weapons.

[Txjourneyman]

bow hunting is legal. the only way that you can shoot a muzzleloader legally is if it is flint lock ignited. no percussion caps or 209 primed weapons.

I disagree. percussion caps are not centerfire or rimfire and therefore legal. That is how I was told by my local GW and the one in my lease county.

[SOLID EAGLE]

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[Txjourneyman]

Try this & good luck. http://www.recordgone.com/restore_gun_rights_texas.htm

Not eligible. But thanks anyway. I tried their test and it won't work for me. Only for people who were put on probation. I had to go away for a few years.

[chrisk]

We call it hunting Dukes and Hazard style up here in Indiana. We are restricted as much on what type of muzzleloader as long you do not have to have a background check and with an Encore I believe you have one due to it being able to shoot something other than a muzzleloaded projectile. Since during our firearm season we use shotguns or muzzleloaders anyway. It isn't really to much of a handicap.
Chris Kiefner

[PEC]

I have close contact with someone who has a felony conviction and they will not even allow him to own a crossbow.

[G MONEY]

So it sounds like it must be a replica of a muzzleloader pre 1899 in order for a felon to own or use one. By that same theory, it must also be a flintlock.

Is this correct?

[buck_wild]

I'm pretty sure the federal law over rides that state law about AFTER 5 yrs. In my business we see federal prosecutions for possing firearms with no regard to in a residence after 5 yrs. Not sure why the state would have law like that when federal law doesn't allow.
Bows and crossbows are only restricted by probation or parole supervisions and not the felony conviction itself.

[DRT]

So it sounds like it must be a replica of a muzzleloader pre 1899 in order for a felon to own or use one. By that same theory, it must also be a flintlock.

Is this correct?

No, side lock precussions were used long before 1899. Heck, so were rim and center fire weapons.

[tvc184]

I'm pretty sure the federal law over rides that state law about AFTER 5 yrs. In my business we see federal prosecutions for possing firearms with no regard to in a residence after 5 yrs. Not sure why the state would have law like that when federal law doesn't allow.
Bows and crossbows are only restricted by probation or parole supervisions and not the felony conviction itself.

It is according to how you define "overrides".

In about 99% of cases neither state law or federal law overrides the other. They are both independent government entities and each independently has a right to makes its own laws. Both have the right of prosecution independent of the other.

Texas law says that you cannot have a firearm until five years after you have completed your service whether jail time, parole or probation. Federal law starts the day you were convicted and has no time frame.

Texas can prosecute a felon in possession for five years independent of federal law and federal law can prosecute a felon in possession for an unlimited time frame independent of Texas law.

Each has its own independent right to prosecute and being cleared of charges by one does not prohibit the other from filing charges for the exact same offense with the exact same evidence by the other without invoking the 5th Amendment double jeopardy clause.

[johnsonzl]

You can get a Hawkins kit from cabelas and there pretty accurate for 100 yard shots they just wont hold a candle to a modern in line especially when it comes to bad weather.

[BigPigSticker]

I disagree. percussion caps are not centerfire or rimfire and therefore legal. That is how I was told by my local GW and the one in my lease county.

I understand your logic, this is just what was told to a friend of mine by the local game warden.