Democrats captured the Texas House and governorship last week and filed 16 gun control bills as Republicans still control the Senate. CCRKBA is monitoring House Bill 173 by Rep. Joe Moody making transfer of a semiautomatic rifle taking a detachable magazine larger than .22 caliber to anyone under 21 a state jail felony except peace officers, current or honorably discharged military, and some temporary loans at a range or hunt. Officials from CCRKBA and the NRA Institute for Legislative Action expect sales increases, and a Washington retailer reported sales up 400 percent last week with legislatures convening in January.