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bizarrenormality wrote:

E.Marquez wrote:Are you an expert on everything about everything and anything that there is a law restricting?

I'm competent in my chosen profession. It's sad if that's too high a bar for some people.

That's what I thought.. you have higher requirements for others then you do yourself.

If you are an expert in all you do professionally (profession in a same technical varierd as LEO) you are truly above your peers.

If you're an expert in flipping burgers ... or some other non highly technical profession.. it's not really germane to the discussion.

bizarrenormality wrote: LOL. If they can't tell the difference between a cap and ball revolver and a handgun that uses "rim fire or center fire ammunition" maybe they shouldn't be enforcing gun laws in Texas. It sounds like something you expect from California.

Is that part of the TCLEOSE training and certification?
Are you an expert on everything about everything and anything that there is a law restricting?

In your face tactics FAIL yet again.
No minds were changed.

SherwoodForest wrote:Perhaps what can be easily overlooked amid this grass-roots activism availing itself of THE LAW regarding pre-1899 BP revolvers and long guns is that this is not happening within a vacuum.

Texas law 46.02(a) classifying ANY manner of handgun carry as a criminal offense , subject only to statutory specified exceptions, is on an inevitable collision course with Heller/McDonald.

Again - I'm going to stress - this isn't about THE LAW. These activists are not violating Texas law.

They are ANNOYING State officials - by using Texas law to get a message out. THAT is the rub.

Either THE LAW means something - or it doesn't ( if "somebody" doesn't like the law).

In your face tactics FAIL yet again.

That should be the headline.

Officer: Sir, open carry of a handgun is illegal IAW PC xyz.
Intentional Antagonist: It's not a handgun, you can't even ask me for ID as I've done nothing illegal.
Officer: Sir, you appear to be carrying a handgun, in violation of PC xyz. It may not be, but as I'm not an antiques expert I have no way of confirming it is not a handgun under texas law, and therefore illegal to be openly carried.
Intentional Antagonist: It not handgun because I say it is, and there for you have no right to stop me (insert picture of Intentional Antagonist sticking his tongue out and making the pffffft sound)
Officer: Sir, I'll give you the benefit of doubt, as it does look old to me, please depart the area with the handgun now.
Intentional Antagonist: It not handgun because I say it is, and there for you have no right to stop me (insert picture of Intentional Antagonist sticking his tongue out and making the pffffft sound)
Officer: Yes sir, very well, you are now under arrest.

Minds changed in this encounter ZERO.
Anyone connected to legal firearm ownership now associated to Mr in your face Intentional Antagonist: Everyone one of us.

Thanks for nothing.

Purplehood wrote:

Whether we're protagonists or antagonists of "open carry".......everyone here should be pro CARRY, and pro 1st Amendment.

I suspect that the vast majority of posters on this forum are pro-carry and pro-1st Amendment.

I also suspect that a substantial population of that majority would disagree with the methodology being demonstrated in Austin. We agree on the goal, just not the means to attaining it.

What he said, and much nicer than what i typed and erased

G.A. Heath wrote:I found a youtube video of the arrests, sadly I can't post it due to the language in it. I will say that while the cops may have been in the wrong a few times, the crowd was pretty much in the wrong the entire time the video was going. When each arrest happened the crowd almost started a riot each time. The name throwing and all just made it worse. These are the people (and type of people) that have kept the OC effort from really making progress.

Post a link perhaps? or send it via PM..

I did a search and so far have not found this recent event.

Thanks