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St1cky wrote:How is SB299 any better for us than 1304?? I see a few words added and nothing that sounds helpful. Basically if im out in public and I reach up and scratch my head and my shirt tail rises above my gun handle then I've still committed a crime. Anyone care to explain a scenario that shows how 299 is an improvement??

baseballguy2001 wrote:No offense taken. I can't point to a link or anything, however my story was loosely based on what happened to a friend personally known to me. He was doing nothing illegal and was taken into custody for an alleged display violation . Lucky for him, he is married to an attorney who is also a CHL holder. I am good friends with an LEO who says he disarms anybody with a weapon, including all CHL holders. I've had many arguments with him about it, but he and most of his partners are adamant, their personal safety is tops. He's a Big Govt. guy that thinks he's a conservative. I've been pulled over by a trooper who was professional and knew I was armed. When I handed him my DL and CHL, he asked, and I told him the truth. He went to his car, did whatever he needed and when he returned, I signed the paper and he left. The kicker? My friend the LEO was with me during that stop. He was shocked, and amazed the trooper didn't disarm me. The subject of this thread is the Gun Bills up for debate this Saturday, while I respect and admire Mr. Cotton and thank him for this forum, in my opinion, this session is not a good one for the expansion of our gun rights. The incremental approach isn't working. We need a bold, but polite strategy for our cause. Mr. Cotton says he's waited 8 years to introduce HB3218 and it's probably dead this session, but maybe in two years ... If Texas turns sky blue do you think the democrats will wait 8 or 10 years to eliminate some of our gun rights?

E.Marquez wrote:

baseballguy2001 wrote: A soccer mom calls 911 because she sees a male citizen wearing a gun in a holster when he bends over to tie his shoe in the local Wal-Mart. The Police show up with their Glocks at low ready and ask said citizen if he's armed. Yes, he says, and I have a CHL. They disarm him (for their personal safety, they felt threatened!) and take him downtown for an intentional exposure charge. After about 12 hours, they tell the citizen is was a misunderstanding, and he's free to go. The weapon has to stay here for 30 days. Still think SB299 is a big advance?

I dont intended to be argumentative here, just inquisitive.
If I may.... can you post a cite or link to an actual case this of anything like it has actually happened?

It's brought up often... used as a reason to support open carry... and yet, I've never met a person so charged... never met a LEO who has arrested or detained a person so accused.. Never seen a court case report of a person charged for an event like depicted above.

If someone has had a MWG call made on them, been detained and arrested, then charged or not and had his gun confiscated for 30 days.. i would love to speak with them, or read the first hand account, read the court report, arrest report... As all things are possible, i'm sure this has happened , someplace, at some time... But it would seem to be a rare event at best.


Thanks

Zoo wrote:If we can't get 3218 this year, I can't vote for any Republicans next year.