As the firearm was slung across his back, it is hard to see how it could be less "alarming".
The Texas constitution protects the right to bear arms, but because of reconstruction, pistols and knives were put into a category to be regulated. Long guns were not included.
History of Texas Constitution and Current Open Carry Activism
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If some yahoo had shot the place up and this guy had put him down before shooter could hurt someone, would he be prosecuted for murder?
libtards have fogured out a new scheme against gun owners
they claim they were ‘scared’ and so you have to be arrested.
You dont even need to give your name
Which to any police officer just means "visible".
The guy owns a gun store in the mall, and carried it that way for 2 years to and from opening and closing his “tactical” shop. At least, that is my understanding.
“In a manner calculated to alarm.”
ah ....wheres the law against that????
explain how not to carry to cause alarm. it’s a subjective phrase, and apparently someone was alarmed. anyone can be alarmed about anythig. that’s why they go hysterical seing someone with a weapon just walking around. i’m more concerned about cops than ccw or open carry people.
Disorderly Conduct is a “catch all” charge. And it is up to the officer’s discretion.
>> Police have charged him with disorderly conduct because he displayed a firearm “In a manner calculated to alarm.”
The sheer arrogance of statism.
“In a manner calculated to alarm.”
If they really said this, every liberal democrat and RINO republican in our government should be arrested for anything a conservative can make up.
Are the police carrying in a manner to alarm?
Those sidearms they carry are really scary...
[Video] 63 Year Old Grandmother Shoots and Kills 16 Year Old Home Invader Armed With a Shotgun
Jan 7, 2013
Now it's not legal to openly carry an unloaded firearm in California anymore and life there sucks even more than it used to.
People who would use the ostentatious display of firearms to make a political point should be aware of this object lesson. Stunts like this could lead to the mall's posting a 30.06 sign. In order to "educate the sheep" you need to be smarter than "the sheep".
It’s one thing to be technically correct and another to be fundamentally stupid.
Openly carrying an AR-15 into a mall, no matter how it is held, qualifies for the latter.
I hope he ends up collecting a whole lot of cash (enough to justify the time and stress, plus to discourage the thugs in uniform from abusing their power in the future). The taxpayers made a mistake tolerating this sort of police behavior or electing leaders who would act in this manner. It’s time for the taxpayers to pay for that mistake - and hopefully learn.