talltex wrote:Moby wrote:The problem is the men were were carrying AR rifles. Completely out of context for a starbucks and yes this type of behavior freaks people out.
People doing things like this thinking the local LE will allow it are hurting the open carry cause. People would be more accepting of sidearms openly carried.
The fact that it "freaks someone out" does NOT make it illegal though. The law says you CAN do it with a rifle or shotgun...period. The law says you CANNOT do it with a sidearm...period. The emotional response of people who don't know or understand the law should have no bearing on the legal response to someone engaged in a legal activity...period. I understand what you're saying, and this isn't something I would do personally, but we can't just ignore the fact that it IS legal, and if we take the attitude that we shouldn't do it just because it may upset someone who doesn't understand it, then what difference do any of the laws make. It's a dangerously slippery slope once you start that process of "well, yes it's legal, BUT .....".
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- Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:19 am
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Your point makes sense. And two other comments about someone "freaking out" over a sidearm open carry, and the wording of the disorderly conduct law and "causing alarm". As long as police and DA's do not want the average citizen carrying..they'll twist what ever law they can until WE paint them in a corner with the proper legislation.
- Sat Aug 31, 2013 8:42 pm
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The problem is the men were were carrying AR rifles. Completely out of context for a starbucks and yes this type of behavior freaks people out.
People doing things like this thinking the local LE will allow it are hurting the open carry cause. People would be more accepting of sidearms openly carried.
I walked into a gun store in Texas this weekend carrying my AR 10. No one freaked out. If I carried the same rifle in the same town into the grocery store or the bank the results would have been much different. The right time & place matters. In AZ or OK try walking down the street with an AK47 ans see if police don't show up.
People doing things like this thinking the local LE will allow it are hurting the open carry cause. People would be more accepting of sidearms openly carried.
I walked into a gun store in Texas this weekend carrying my AR 10. No one freaked out. If I carried the same rifle in the same town into the grocery store or the bank the results would have been much different. The right time & place matters. In AZ or OK try walking down the street with an AK47 ans see if police don't show up.
chasfm11 wrote:Does not bode well for an open carry law in Texas - ever. If this standard remains, and I believe that there will ALWAYS be someone who is freaked out at the sight of a gun, the way that the open carry law is written is going to have to do more than just allow it.Police eventually showed up after they received a call from a woman who claimed she was “freaked out” by the display of weapons.
OK and AZ have open carry and I've never seen any similar story. Is it just that the populations of those States are no freaked out as much as some people in Texas? I do understand that just because a State permits OC, doesn't mean that 100s or 1,000s are doing it daily.