In KP- 0296 Texas Attorney General offers this rational for including firearms sales as an essential business:
- Cities and local governments are limited by this phrase in the Texas Local Government Code: “notwithstanding any other law.”
- This prevents local governments from restricting the sale of firearms
- Texas Government Code also limits local government ability to interfere with firearm sales in times of emergency
Update to : Texas Attorney General Opinion: Essential Business? What is it?
What question will the Texas Attorney General will answer?
whether a firearm retailer is an essential business for purposes of an emergency declaration
Who requested the opinion? State Representative Dustin Burrows