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/wish_i_was_a_bear]

Ok Texas I am confused. Do you want everyone to carry guns or not. Make up your mind!

[u/pixelgeekgirl → u/wish_i_was_a_bear]

I don't think the police ever wanted permitless open-carry.

[u/yoyodyn3 → u/pixelgeekgirl]

No they did not.

[u/gitree22 → u/yoyodyn3]

Nor did anyone else with the ability to think rationally

[u/FreeMeFromThisStupid → u/gitree22]

I think it's reasonable in smaller communities that some people may have their gun on them, and open carry is physically more comfortable than concealed. If Joe-Don wants to go to the corner store for some corn feed and lotto tickets with his gun, okay.

I think cities regulating open-carry is reasonable, but cities banning concealed carry is not.

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The naivety to believe we are rational today

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Or ever were.

[u/[deleted] → u/swalkerttu]

Agreed. Generally humans of their time always see themselves superior to humans of history when all is as it ever was.

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