Posted on 01/19/2019 8:08:53 AM PST by lowbridge
On Thursday, the Travis County District Court ruled that the City of Austin, Texas, violated the law by barring handguns in City Hall and assessed a nine thousand dollar penalty against the city for the violation.
The concealed carry of handguns has been legal in Texas for decades and open carry for Texas’ concealed handgun license holders became legal on January 1, 2016.
In the January 17, 2019, ruling, Judge Lora J. Livingston explained that the Plaintiff was able to show that open carry was refused on April 4, 2016, April 6, 2016, April 12, 2016, July 1, 2016, July 29, 2016, and September 7, 2016. Judge Livingston ruled that the Defendants did not prove why City Hall should be treated differently among other public areas in Texas, writing, “Defendants did not meet their burden to establish an exception to Section 411.209(a) on any of the dates” that open carry was refused.
Livingston assessed a $1,500 fine for each of the six violations, with the result that the City of Austin owes a total of $9,000.
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I expect Austin to appeal this to the Texas appeals court.
Nice to see that the leftists don’t yet control THIS judge.
should have been $90,000
EACH
Credit for this goes to Michael Cargill, a local gun shop owner and 2A activist. He is the complainant and has been battling our corrupt city council’s attempt to subvert 2A rights for years.
“should have been $90,000
EACH”
Agreed. The city of Austin got a pass. The fine could have been & should have been much more.
...the taxpayers of the City of Austin owe a total of $9,000.
Whereas the officials who passed and enforced the illegal restrictions should be the ones to pay the fine.
...the taxpayers of the City of Austin owe a total of $9,000.
Whereas the officials who passed and enforced the illegal restrictions should be the ones to pay.
oops...
Also known as Hanoi in the Hill Country
$9k is chicken feed and wouldn’t pay the court costs. Of course, it’s not like it comes out of the city council’s pockets but the taxpayers’.
About time the libs there had a little time out in the corner.
“oops...”
Nah, that was worthy of a double post.
The taxpayers bite the bullet while the corruptocrats plan more mischief.
$9000? The taxpayers won’t notice it. Put those politicians, who block the law, in jail.
The taxpayers are being punished for what a handful of their so-called servants have done. The wrong people are being held responsible.
GOOD.
Yours, TMN78247
Paid for by the people whose rights they denied.
Exactly. A fine like that, paid by us, is just a slap in our face, and an excuse for them to laugh.
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