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Other than PC §46.02?tms119 wrote:Well cnn just interviewed some undercover agent guy who blamed part of it on conceal carry. Said that bike leaders have been encouraging their members who are not felons to get a CHL because no law stops them from getting it.
Not that I recall!WildBill wrote:A long time ago, didn't CNN use to report the news?
I know what you mean. It was hard to tell when the only news you got was slanted. Way back when there was only 3-4 stations it was the same way. We only got one view from 3-4 different guys and didn't know an better because that's all we had and hoped/figured they were telling it straight.Mel wrote:Not that I recall!WildBill wrote:A long time ago, didn't CNN use to report the news?
Zackly!DocV wrote:Other than PC §46.02?tms119 wrote:Well cnn just interviewed some undercover agent guy who blamed part of it on conceal carry. Said that bike leaders have been encouraging their members who are not felons to get a CHL because no law stops them from getting it.
So by definition, if a biker gang has been determined to be a criminal enterprise, then any of its members who have a firearm on their persons are violating the law, right?Sec. 46.02. UNLAWFUL CARRYING WEAPONS.{——SNIP——}
- (a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carries on or about his or her person a handgun, illegal knife, or club if the person is not:
(a-1) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carries on or about his or her person a handgun in a motor vehicle or watercraft that is owned by the person or under the person's control at any time in which:
- (1) on the person's own premises or premises under the person's control; or
(2) inside of or directly en route to a motor vehicle or watercraft that is owned by the person or under the person's control.
- (1) the handgun is in plain view; or
(2) the person is:
- (A) engaged in criminal activity, other than a Class C misdemeanor that is a violation of a law or ordinance regulating traffic or boating;
(B) prohibited by law from possessing a firearm; or
(C) a member of a criminal street gang, as defined by Section 71.01.
Sec. 71.01. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter,
- (a) "Combination" means three or more persons who collaborate in carrying on criminal activities, although:
(b) "Conspires to commit" means that a person agrees with one or more persons that they or one or more of them engage in conduct that would constitute the offense and that person and one or more of them perform an overt act in pursuance of the agreement. An agreement constituting conspiring to commit may be inferred from the acts of the parties.
- (1) participants may not know each other's identity;
(2) membership in the combination may change from time to time; and
(3) participants may stand in a wholesaler-retailer or other arm's-length relationship in illicit distribution operations.
(c) "Profits" means property constituting or derived from any proceeds obtained, directly or indirectly, from an offense listed in Section 71.02.
(d) "Criminal street gang" means three or more persons having a common identifying sign or symbol or an identifiable leadership who continuously or regularly associate in the commission of criminal activities.
If they pay any attention it will probably be to state that a conspiracy of gun nuts and biker sympathizers are attacking their personal views, etc.C-dub wrote:How many of you have already sent this correction to CNN or Hannity?
Yes, for a brief period while Noah was building the Arc.WildBill wrote:A long time ago, didn't CNN use to report the news?
Didn't they blame the flood on global warming?Charles L. Cotton wrote:Yes, for a brief period while Noah was building the Arc.WildBill wrote:A long time ago, didn't CNN use to report the news?
Chas.