No one has the "right" not to be "uncomfortable" because that is an impossible standard to meet, being totally subjective.
To enforce such a standard is to give way to the subjective rule of men, and not of law.
That was what happened in Wisconsin, Virginia, Michigan, and other States, but the courts unanimoustly ruled that mere open carry of a gun is *not* disorderly conduct.
If it were, police would be in violation of the law all the time.
We will see if the Texas courts have any integrity. Open carry of long guns is directly protected by the Texas Constitution, though it has routinely been abused and ignored for decades, mostly for lack of use. If you fail to exercise your rights, this is what happens when you wish to use them.
I will have to research the "must be unloaded" comment.
So the chief needs to be arrested because he makes me feel threatened.
Cops love to show their authority, even when they don’t have it.
He’s no friend of gun owners, trust me.
McManus has more than 30 years of experience in law enforcement.
He previously served as the Chief of Police for the Minneapolis
Police Department where he rebuilt the departmental
infrastructure and provided new direction and leadership to a
1,200-member department. McManus also has served as the
Chief of Police in Dayton, Ohio, from 2001 to 2003. He started
his career in law enforcement in 1975 with the Metropolitan
Police Department in Washington, D.C., where he served in a
full range of patrol and investigative assignments that included
internal and criminal investigations, narcotics, and tactical positions.
McManus also served as Assistant Chief of Police for the
Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department from 1998 to 2001.
FWIW, the Bexar County (San Antonio) Sheriff was a Tea Party supported Candidate, and she’s a Republican.
two dudes ****ing makes me feel uncomfortable so why can’t we charge homos for disorderly conduct?
Under this fascist, yes, that *is* what he is, police chief’s theory, anyone can be arrested for anything if he makes one person feel “threatened” regardless of facts, the law, or common sense.
They better stop lockin up a whole of Police, FBI,Homeland Security and especially the damned TSA because they fit that description. Just ask yourself, when the police show up do you more often feel safer or anxious.
Bookmarking.
It seems to me that he should be a prime target for a civil rights lawsuit. Instead of a punitive suit, though they should ask for court and lawyers costs, it should ask for an injunction against the police department against arresting anyone for “disorderly conduct” without reasonable cause, which does not include open carry of firearms.
Importantly, this should be an open injunction, so that if someone is detained or arrested for open carry, the chief of police can be immediately called before that bench, to answer to a contempt of court hearing (no jury).
Even Oregon, under hard left occupation for decades, is a thousand percent better in the realm of gun laws.
While I consider Texas the greatest state in the country, the truth is there is still room for improvement.