ORIGINAL: SHoNUFF
i would also like to take this time to inform you Texas guys of something i learned this weekend....... or was told this weekend by a State Trooper. It is only legal to have 2 MODS on your rifle (30mag/colapsable stock, stock/foregrip, 30rd mag/bayounet)for every mod after the second you have to get a permit ($200 ea) or you can be fined at the officers discression.
Well at least we know what happened to all the dope that has disappeared from the property room! That trooper has smoked it all! He is so full of it he mustslosh when he walks. First of all, an officer "can't fine you at his discretion". No judge, no judgement, no fine. Period.
Second, Texas firearms law is pretty well codified. A rifle is legal if it is at least 26 inches long, and has a 16 inch barrel. If it doesn't fall under the NFA, it is legal in Texas. If that officer arrests someone on these issues, I predict a lawsuit in the future for him and his agency.
Are you sure this was a DPS officer? Sounds more like some ignorant reserve deputy sheriff that passed his certification courses by the skin of his teeth.