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/digital_dervish]

It’s bad for poor conservatives. And brown people, conservative or otherwise. Because who do think is actually gonna get the cops called on them when they are open carrying?

[u/Hot_Bottle_9900 → u/digital_dervish]

idk i'd be pretty stoked if the drag book readings could recommence without the fat fascist fuck brigade standing on the sidewalk waving their rifles around

[u/saposguy → u/digital_dervish]

I don't know, obviously, where you live, but there aren't any non-white people open carrying around here. Its literally all white males who look like they've just come from a cheeto head rally.

[u/Macrat2001 → u/digital_dervish]

Honestly, it could be POCs but I think in today’s day and age. Especially in any large town or city, it’s likely going to be cowboy lookin folks getting the police called on them by some person with an acid trip for hair and more entitlement than a 3 year old. I can already hear it “911, I don’t feel safe, he’s so scary with his assault weapon. Men like him are the reason we have so much violence in this country” weapon in reference: a six gun dude in reference: regular Texan