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Texas Open-Carry Laws Blurred Lines Between Suspects and Marchers
The New York Times ^ | 10 July 2016 | MANNY FERNANDEZ, ALAN BLINDER and DAVID MONTGOMERY

Posted on 07/10/2016 9:33:24 PM PDT by Theoria

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As NYT blurred the line between the 1st Amendment and its support for Nazi Germany.


21 posted on 07/11/2016 2:11:28 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Theoria
Typical NY Slimes article, writer knows NOTHING about what they write.

It has been Texas law for many years that you can carry a long gun (rifle or shotgun) openly, as long as it was on a sling and unloaded. NOTHING at all to do with recently enacted Open Carry.

22 posted on 07/11/2016 3:46:44 AM PDT by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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To: Theoria

“Mayor Mike Rawlings of Dallas...”

Communist to the core.


23 posted on 07/11/2016 3:57:15 AM PDT by Portcall24
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To: Theoria
In Texas, it was not only legal. It was commonplace.

Male Bovine Scat. Another leftist lie.

Time to leave the US Texas. Time to get the hell away from this cesspool....#TEXIT

24 posted on 07/11/2016 4:11:14 AM PDT by eartick (Been to the line in the sand and liked it)
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To: dvan
As far as safety and security it reduces the carrier’s options.

Read Texas laws before spouting off. We have the option on sidearms, open or concealed.

Long guns have been legal to carry open for as long as I have been alive (59) and are not covered by the same laws as sidearms.

35 years does not make you an expert only gives you experience. Use it wisely.

#TEXIT

25 posted on 07/11/2016 4:11:14 AM PDT by eartick (Been to the line in the sand and liked it)
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To: Cobra64
....with open carry, how are the cops supposed to know who the bad/good guys are?

Hostile aggression toward police, guns pointed toward police = bad guys.

No hostile aggression toward police, weapons slung, not pointing at police, = neutral or good guys.

Not hard, been there, done that.

26 posted on 07/11/2016 4:34:44 AM PDT by Lion Den Dan
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To: Theoria

New Yorkers once again lavishing their wisdom on the rest of the nation.


27 posted on 07/11/2016 4:35:18 AM PDT by dljordan (WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
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To: Theoria

I’m all for free speech but not at the expense of police safety and taxpayers footing the bill of security and cleanup.

If these A-holes want to “riot” then they can rent a stadium and pay for their own security or the media can pay for it. There are plenty of venues for these type of agitators to peddle their propaganda.

Putting the safety of our police officers, citizens, destruction to businesses and closing down roads and commerce SHOULD BE AGAINST our laws.(probably already is against our laws) Every state needs to pass a law to force these A-HOLES to move their riots to “paid” venues where the rioters are responsible for all of the cost and security.


28 posted on 07/11/2016 4:55:03 AM PDT by Ms Mable
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To: Theoria

No open carriers were arrested that I know of, none were shot, none were molested that I know of...

But the NYT concern trolls are concerned...

WTH?


29 posted on 07/11/2016 4:57:18 AM PDT by MortMan (Let's call the push for amnesty what it is: Pedrophilia.)
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To: Theoria

The police checked the open carriers early on and cleared them. Not a big deal in Texas.

I ordered a truck load of nice fainting couches for the editorial board of NYT. Should be arriving on Wednesday morn.


30 posted on 07/11/2016 5:15:51 AM PDT by buffaloguy
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To: Theoria

It stayed peaceful, didn’t it?


31 posted on 07/11/2016 6:40:24 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: MortMan

The NYT is all upset because the pieces are starting to fall off its pretty, black toy. The problem, as you point out is not open carry. The problem is the tone and content of communication from the March organizers.

The march organizers knew long guns were being carried and did nothing to stop it. Why? Because intimidation and implied violence was their intent. The open carry issue, to the extent it is an issue, falls on the organizers and the March participants.

Freepers marched in Dallas in nearly the same spot against Gore during the 2000 recount. I know, I was one of the marchers, carrying a sign. Open carry of long guns was legal and a common tactic of black demonstrators even then. No Freepers in that March displayed a long gun. If anyone had, the Freepers who organized the march, as well as Freeper marchers would have put a stop to it. I know big would have. I’d love to hear comments from any other Texas Freepers who were there.

I know I was afraid of violence against us as marchers. So I left my CHL carry gun locked in the car. I did not want to have anyone say that because I had a gun, I must have started or participated in the shooting.


32 posted on 07/11/2016 6:52:35 AM PDT by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: Cincinnatus.45-70

Oops, hit post instead of preview on that last one. I know I would have stopped anyone from carrying a long gun, or it would have left the march. We were peaceably assembling for redress of grievances, as was our Constitutional right. Openly carrying weapons detracts from that. The BLM toys of the left and the NYT had no intention of doing that, and they are reaping what they sowed.


33 posted on 07/11/2016 6:58:26 AM PDT by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius

The length of an AK or similar is not its salient feature.


34 posted on 07/11/2016 7:17:22 AM PDT by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors)
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To: MortMan
No open carriers were arrested that I know of, none were shot, none were molested that I know of...

According to Dallas-source stories one person who was open carrying was mistakenly labeled as a "person of interest" and others were stopped and questioned. I don't know if you consider that "molested" or not.

35 posted on 07/11/2016 7:30:10 AM PDT by Lower Deck
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To: Lion Den Dan
No hostile aggression toward police, weapons slung, not pointing at police, = neutral or good guys.

I wonder how calling "I've got your back, officer" would work.

36 posted on 07/11/2016 10:23:12 AM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: JimRed

Unless you were known to multiple officers, it would not work at all well.


37 posted on 07/11/2016 11:25:52 AM PDT by Lion Den Dan
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“No open carriers were arrested that I know of, none were shot, none were molested that I know of...

But the NYT concern trolls are concerned...”

Yes. Because this blows their who anti-Second Amendment, anti-self defense narrative all to HE11.

Lots of open carriers carrying long guns. Not one shot. Not one shot at police. No problems.

It blows their agenda completely up, so they have to create a problem where none exists, and make the narrative about that.

Despicable propaganda.


38 posted on 07/11/2016 11:30:22 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: VanShuyten
The bad guys are the ones shooting at the cops.

Seems to me, if the police jump to conclusions and start shooting armed people because they are armed, that's escalation, not preserving the peace. IMHO.

39 posted on 07/11/2016 1:06:20 PM PDT by no-s (when democracy is displaced by tyranny, the armed citizen still gets to vote...)
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To: iontheball
New Black Panther Party will carry arms during protests at U.S. Republican National Convention

Does make you feel more secure?

40 posted on 07/12/2016 10:06:16 AM PDT by dvan (Send Them Home!Napolatono)
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