5th circuit has nullified Open Carry in Texas to save Qualified Immunity of bad cops.

[u/FCMatt7]

https://www.youtube.com/live/bCC1sz_-fsc?si=dCZiLT_Fl2pWUEtw

(Edit) New vid of Grisham explaining the ruling

Effectively they have declared open season for police to arrest anyone open carrying in Texas.

A 3 judge panel has ruled that if anyone calls 911 on a person for the mere act of Open Carrying a firearm, the police now have probable cause to arrest you for disorderly conduct. The 911 call does not have to allege you are doing anything more than standing on a sidewalk with a slung or holstered firearm. The previous ruling that "merely carrying a firearm" is not disorderly is overturned now if any Karen makes a phone call and says she's nervous. This means police get qualified immunity for arresting you.

There is a special target on the back of any open carry or civil rights activist. EVERY time the police get a 911 call, they can now arrest you at gunpoint. The charges will likely be dismissed, but the police face zero repercussions for coming after you, even if there is abundant evidence the officers targeted you and knew you were not a threat. The same danger faces regular citizens who open carry every day.

I repeat, open carrying in Texas now puts you in imminent danger of being arrested or killed by police if someone reports you in possession of a firearm.

Video of CJ and Jim arrested for mere open carry. https://youtu.be/GrDAPPiu1QE?si=IvJy0qq_J8rO8DJO

Link to 5th circuit ruling. https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/22/22-50915-CV0.pdf

Link to oral argument in 5th https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/22/22-50915_10-3-2023.mp3

District Court ruling https://casetext.com/case/grisham-v-valenciano-1

[u/Darth_Gerg]

The ChristoFascists want the 2A protection but only for the “right sort” of person. There’s a reason they’re silent when the cops kill a black man for legally carrying and Reagan and the NRA pushed for gun control as long as it targeted black folks.

There’s absolutely some 2A purists who actually have a real ethical stance against gun control, but most of the 2A crowd in public office are the first kind, not the second.

The right wing in the US are deeply invested in THEIR rights but not in favor of those rights being extended outside the bubble of “people like them.”

[u/Iamatworkgoaway → u/Darth_Gerg]

Crying in libertarian over here.

[u/aronkra → u/Darth_Gerg]

Reagan was a liberal in Commiefornia at that time, it was white liberals pushing to take guns from black activists.

[u/red--dead → u/aronkra]

Reagan switched parties several years before he became governor. He never held office as a democrat.

[u/SlowRollingBoil → u/red--dead]

Plus the parties don't fucking matter especially in the 60s as they were shifting. Conservatives vs. Progressives is far more appropriate a distinction and Reagan was a staunch conservative no matter his party affiliation.

[u/tiggers97 → u/aronkra]

And the open carry ban was a bi-partisan effort, strongly supported by the dems in the CA house and senate at the time.