Texas has new enhancement laws that go into effect for burglary cases in 2024. As of February 6, 2024, the punishment for Burglary in Texas is enhanced in certain circumstances. The manner and means of commiting a burglary remains the same. These changes only apply to the punishment assessed for the given offense. The Penal […]
New Texas Laws for 2024: Burglary
What is Texas Constitutional Carry Law?
Important info about TX constitutional carry law, exceptions, and limits
FIREARM SUPPRESSORS ARE NOW LEGAL IN TEXAS
Firearm suppressors are now legal in Texas. True story – with the caveat that firearm sound suppressors (silencers) remain illegal under Federal law. This is similar to how marijuana remains Federally illegal. Yet, many states have laws permitting the use or sale of marijuana. Texas laws that went into effect in 2021 that legalized sound […]
Reforms to TX Marijuana & THC Possession Laws DIED in 2021 – POSSESSION OF THC REMAINS A FELONY IN TEXAS
A bill almost became a law in Texas, reducing the penalties for marijuana and THC possession – Texas House Bill 2593. That’s right, Texas came closer than it ever has to decriminalizing possession of less than one ounce of marijuana; the new law would have made posssession of less than 28 grams a class C […]
THC VAPING: FACTS & FICTION
There has been a lot in the news recently about lung diseases associated with vaping products. Much of the news coverage has identified “illicit THC” vaping products as being the main culprit – but how much of this news coverage is truth, based on facts, and how much of the media coverage is fear-mongering and […]
MEXICO LEGALIZES RECREATIONAL COCAINE USE
The legal climate in Mexico right now has unexpectedly come out on the side of individual liberty and against the drug war, even as they spent billions of dollars fighting that drug war every year. One could argue that the legal system is in conflict with the political goals of the country in the drug […]