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Javier730 wrote:

Abraham wrote:nightmare69 ,

Some of us (for instance, you...) can identify a dirtbag when you see a dirtbag.

I can too...

nightmare69 wrote:It could be a slippery slope but I don't like the fact that fellow LTC holders are Cossacks or Aryan Circle. These gangs are getting smart and blessing in guys with a clean record and then using this to their advantage.

We should be able to at least file a case with DPS and present evidence to their gang affiliation and let them make the call of revoking their license.

nightmare69 wrote:When I was in a gang training course taught by a local gang detective, he said that our area(also the area of my campus)is starting to see known gang members with valid LTC. The kicker is if they are not involved in any criminal activity there is nothing we can do about it because there isn't any stipulation forbidding gang members from applying for a LTC. Whenever I've had contact with known gangs I try to charge them under TPC 71.02 and add on TPC: 71.028 to enhance it if the D.A. will take it.

Unless there is prior or current criminal activity taking place then our hands are tied as it is not a crime to be a member of a criminal street gang. There needs to be some stipulation that allows LE to be able to revoke their license if we can prove they are a gang member.

MPA has requirement that you cannot carry if you are a gang member. Why was something similar not included in LTC applicants or if they become gang members after receiving their license? We are seeing this mostly with motorcycle gangs and Aryan gangs.