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In reply to the discussion: A message to those who wish to ban or restrict guns: Give up. [View all]mbperrin
(7,672 posts)transfer. What you do later is beyond the control of the state unless you venture out on the road, but to legally purchase a vehicle in Texas, you must have a driver's license and insurance on the vehicle being purchased, and you only have 30 days to get the title transferred, or you are breaking the law.
People with no license and no insurance cannot buy a vehicle in Texas legally. Failure to transfer title is defrauding the state of sales tax revenue, period.
Now that's the law. My son in law owns a dealership that sells 700-800 cars a year. In summer, I often help with paperwork, so I'm not guessing, plus I gave you the link directly from the DMV.
Many guns are sold illegally in the same way that these vehicles are driven illegally - no papers, no taxes, just a general breakdown of the mores of society and the needs of the many in favor of a greedy loner - that's true. And then when the day comes that they need the assistance of some program or agency that got killed because of no revenue, they may get a little smarter. I hope that they do feel some deserved pain.