Open carry protest gets the “Because I said So” treatment.
Now say what you will about this style of protest. These guys are there to be noticed, and to raise some pulses, as well as show that they’re at Starbucks to support the 2nd Amendment. Obviously the Chief and his police are anti-gun so they simply point out that somebody doesn’t like the exercising of their rights, so they are cited.
No weapons charges, the police certainly don’t seem to be too concerned about this, and they certainly don’t feel the need to physically detain these men. Note the last statement by the chief, that essentially says he’s going to de-facto ban open carry because he doesn’t like it. Legal or not!
Maybe the officer is willing to say he doesn’t feel comfortable around people exercising their rights and he’d feel more comfortable with them in the back of his cruiser.
Hey how about crap like this?
Do you feel concerned that those officers are carrying LOADED guns OPENLY with NO SAFETIES! Hell I’m concerned they may just start shooting somebody when they get all butthurt that somebody they’re illegally detaining wants to hear probable cause! Or worried that they may shoot at a criminal and hit innocent people!
Hey, but cops rights are different BECAUSE they’re cops!
WA state has an awesome court decision in an open-carry case which states that discomfort around firearms does NOT equate to reasonable alarm. I wonder if they’ll be able to apply that precedent in TX. (I’m thinking probably not; different districts and all, but still….)
And if so, will the people calling in reporting “disorderly conduct” – and the Moms Demand Action group, who are encouraging this “tactic” – be cited for filing false police reports?
Changing the law regarding guns is all part of a process as I make note of here just today. I understand how my fellow Texans feel about how long that process can be, but scaring the
white peoplevoters doesn’t strike me as being a good way to speed up proceedings in favor of gun ownership in any beneficial way. The cops will follow along wherever the changes in the law (the will of the electorate) lead them. Eventually.