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Order online, pick up at a licensed dealer in Harris County. Houston is the Harris County seat and the largest city in Texas, built around the Ship Channel, the Texas Medical Center and the refineries and energy offices strung along Interstate 10. The Loop, Beltway 8 and the Grand Parkway ring neighborhoods that run from the Heights and Montrose out to Katy, Cypress and Clear Lake.
Pick an FFL dealer near you that accepts shipped transfers and name it at checkout. We confirm their license and ship the firearm to them. Ammunition, optics and parts ship straight to your door where Texas law allows.
Texas asks for no permit to purchase, no registration and no state waiting period. At a licensed dealer you show photo identification, complete ATF Form 4473 and the dealer runs a federal background check through NICS; a current Texas License to Carry can stand in for that check at most dealers. Federal law sets the dealer minimum at 18 for rifles and shotguns and 21 for handguns. Private sales between Texas residents need no state background check, though selling to someone you know is barred from owning a firearm is a crime.
Dealers in these communities all work for Houston-area buyers:
Since September 1, 2021, the Firearm Carry Act has let adults 21 and older who may lawfully own a firearm carry a handgun in Texas without a license, concealed or in a belt or shoulder holster, unless a conviction in the past five years for assault, deadly conduct, terroristic threat or certain disorderly conduct offenses bars them. The License to Carry is still issued statewide by the Texas Department of Public Safety, not by a county office. It costs $40, runs five years, and takes four to six hours of classroom instruction plus a range qualification with a certified instructor.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department sets deer seasons county by county. Harris County and the rest of the Gulf Coast and East Texas sit in the North Zone, where archery runs October 3 to November 6, 2026, the general season runs November 7, 2026 to January 3, 2027, and the muzzleloader and special late seasons run January 4 to 17, 2027. The bag is four deer, no more than two bucks and no more than two antlerless, and in Harris County only one buck may have an inside spread of 13 inches or more. Any legal firearm is allowed except rimfire ammunition, which may not be used on deer.
Harris County is in the North Zone, with the general deer season running November 7, 2026 to January 3, 2027 and a 13-inch inside-spread rule on the second buck. Interstate 10 splits the county for birds, so ground north of the freeway follows Central Zone dove and North Zone duck dates while the bay marshes south of it follow the South Zone.
Buffalo Bayou carries through downtown to the turning basin, the Johnson Space Center sits south of town near Clear Lake, and the Katy Prairie rice fields west of the Grand Parkway are the closest goose and duck country to the city.
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Ships to FFLYes. Order here, name a licensed FFL dealer in Pasadena, Katy, Baytown, Houston or anywhere in Harris County, and we ship the firearm to them. You fill out ATF Form 4473 at their counter and they run the background check.
No. Texas has no permit to purchase and no firearm registration. You complete Form 4473 and pass a NICS background check at the licensed dealer near Houston that receives your order.
No. Texas sets no waiting period, so once the dealer's background check comes back as a proceed you can take the firearm home the same day.
The Texas Department of Public Safety issues every License to Carry in the state, so the Harris County sheriff is not involved. You apply online, get fingerprinted, and finish four to six hours of classroom instruction plus a range qualification.
We ship every firearm to a licensed dealer near Houston that you pick at checkout. The dealer runs the background check and hands the gun over; ammunition, optics and most parts ship to your door.
Yes, if you are 21 or older and not barred from owning a firearm. Carry it concealed or in a belt or shoulder holster, and stay out of the places state law or a posted sign closes to handguns.
Texas Parks and Wildlife does not run public ranges, so shooters around Houston use municipal, club and commercial ranges. Target practice is not allowed on state public hunting land, and the nearest dispersed shooting on federal ground is in the national forests north and east of the metro area.
Each dealer sets its own fee, commonly $20 to $75. Call before you order to confirm the price and that they accept firearms shipped from an online store.
General information, not legal advice. Rules current as of September 2026. See our Texas gun law overview and check with Texas Department of Public Safety, Handgun Licensing or a local attorney about your own situation.