The Texas Gun Owner's Guide - 8th Edition

Get all the gun laws word-for-word and in plain English too.

The Texas Gun Owner's Guide includes all the state gun laws for having, buying, selling, carrying and using firearms, then describes them in plain English; plus, details on the use of deadly force and self defense, concealed-handgun licenses, special weapons, gun safety, school and kid laws, transportation, federal laws... you get the most complete coverage available for the Texas approach to the Second Amendment to the Constitution.

The perfect guide for CHL students and all gun owners, goes way beyond the bare minimum provided by DPS.

Includes more than 150 self-test questions, 22 lethal-encounter scenarios for study and discussion, much more. Used in classes statewide and widely endorsed. Every gun owner needs a gun owner's guide. Why take chances, don't guess, and don't be sorry later.

Answers your questions about owning, carrying and using guns

It's like an entire firearms law library at your fingertips

It doesn't make sense to own a gun and not know the rules

You sure don't want to be in trouble for a rule you never heard of

Ignorance is no excuse -- it's better to know the rules

You have a right to know what the laws are

Cheaper than a lawyer, and better than many!

It's actually fun to read!

If you knew all your rights you might demand them

Completely updated with all the new confusing laws clearly explained

Alan Korwin, author of six books and co-author of eight others, is a full-time freelance writer, consultant and businessman with a twenty-five-year track record. He is a founder and two-term past president of the Arizona Book Publishing Association, which has presented him with its Visionary Leadership award, named in his honor, the Korwin Award. He has received national awards for his publicity work as a member of the Society for Technical Communication, and is a past board member of the Phoenix, Arizona chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

Mr. Korwin wrote the business plan that raised $5 million in venture capital and launched the in-flight catalog SkyMall; he did the publicity for Pulitzer Prize cartoonist Steve Benson s fourth book; working with American Express, he wrote the strategic plan that defined their worldwide telecommunications strategy for the 1990s; and he had a hand in developing ASPED, Arizona s economic strategic plan. His writing appears nationally regularly.

Korwin turned his first book, The Arizona Gun Owner's Guide, into a self-published best-seller, now in its 25th edition. He wrote the 1st edition of the Texas book in 1995 when the CHL law was first enacted. The book was officially approved by Texas DPS for use in CHL training.

With his wife Cheryl he operates Bloomfield Press, which has grown into the largest publisher and distributor of gun-law books in the country. Built around ten books he has written on the subject, it includes the unabridged federal guides Gun Laws of America and Supreme Court Gun Cases, a line of more than 250 books, buttons and DVDs, and more than 1,000 radio and TV appearances. He was an invited guest at the U.S. Supreme Court for oral argument in D.C. v. Heller, which led to his 11th book, The Heller Case: Gun Rights Affirmed. His 12th book, on the limits of free speech, Bomb Jokes at Airports, was followed by After You Shoot: Your gun's hot. The perp's not. Now what? His 14th book, in 2013, is Your First Gun: Should you buy one and join 60 million safely armed American homes? for gunless people, and for gun owners to give to their gunless friends to help them over their fears.

Alan Korwin is originally from New York City, where his clients included IBM, AT&T, NYNEX and others, many with real names. He is a pretty good guitarist and singer, with a penchant for parody (his current band is The Cartridge Family). In 1986, finally married, he moved to the Valley of the Sun. It was a joyful and successful move.