How buying a gun in Laredo works
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 requires no purchase permit, no registration and no state waiting period. At a licensed dealer you show photo identification, fill out ATF Form 4473 and wait for the federal NICS background check; the Department of Public Safety notes that a current Texas License to Carry may be used in place of that check when you buy a handgun. At the counter, federal law puts the floor at 18 for long guns and 21 for handguns, and Texas adds nothing to that. A private sale between two Texas residents needs no state check, though it remains an offense to hand a firearm to someone you know may not legally have one.
Dealers in these communities all work for Laredo-area buyers:
- Rio Bravo
- El Cenizo
- Mirando City
- Bruni
- Oilton
- Encinal
- Aguilares
- Zapata
- Hebbronville
- Freer
Carrying a gun in Webb County
Texas has allowed license-free handgun carry since the Firearm Carry Act of 2021 took effect on September 1 of that year: an adult of 21 or older who may lawfully possess a firearm can carry a handgun, concealed or in a holster, without applying for anything. Licenses are still issued, and they are issued statewide by the Department of Public Safety rather than by any county office. Schools, courthouses, polling places during voting, secured airport areas, correctional facilities and premises that draw more than half their receipts from on-site alcohol sales remain closed to carry, and a property owner may post the signs described in Penal Code 30.06 and 30.07.
Hunting near Laredo
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department sets white-tailed deer seasons county by county. Archery-only season runs October 3 to November 6, 2026. The 2026-27 general season runs November 7, 2026 to January 3, 2027 in the North Zone, which takes in Bexar County and most of the Hill Country, and to January 17, 2027 in the South Zone below U.S. Highway 90. Muzzleloader and the North Zone special late season fall on January 4 to 17, 2027, with the South Zone late season January 18 to 31, 2027. Any legal firearm may be used, but rimfire ammunition of any caliber is barred for deer. Bag limits and antler rules change at the county line, so read the Webb County page in the Outdoor Annual.
Webb County is South Zone with a bag of five deer and no more than three bucks, the general season November 7, 2026 to January 17, 2027 and a late season January 18 to 31, 2027. Hogs and javelina are year-round targets on the same ranches, and Lake Casa Blanca holds ducks after a norther.
Lake Casa Blanca International State Park holds the only public water for miles, the Eagle Ford ranches east toward Bruni and Mirando City carry heavy whitetail and hog numbers, and the Rio Grande brush south of town is thick mesquite and cenizo.