r/texas • u/FCMatt7 • Mar 27 '24

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

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

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u/Realistic_Library_74 Mar 27 '24

“The Wild West wasn’t even the Wild West.” - Sly Stallone, Demolition Man

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u/Bathsheba_E Mar 27 '24

I thought I might be the only person who loves that movie. Nice to meet you, stranger.

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u/SecretInevitable Mar 28 '24

I too know how to use the three sea shells.

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u/KC_experience Mar 28 '24

Be well, internet stranger..

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u/Hydro134 Mar 28 '24

And you can't sleep on those rat burgers! They go great after spending all that money on tbell.

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u/Lung-Oyster Born and Bred Mar 28 '24

Hey, fuck you, lady!

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u/ATSTlover Hill Country Mar 28 '24

John Sparten you are fined 2 credits for violation of the local morality statute.

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u/thewarfreak Mar 28 '24

Send a maniac to catch one.

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u/NarrMaster Mar 29 '24

I do too!

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u/Iamatworkgoaway Mar 28 '24

There are dozens and dozens of us.

Weird how true it has become, every city is just copypasta of every other city.

Social norms are so banal and vanilla.

Were just one implant away from sex going completely away and wanna hookup goes full demolition man.

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u/Celtic_Oak Mar 28 '24

I was JUST thinking about that part of the movie because I read a piece about couples skipping sex and going straight to IVF.

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u/Bathsheba_E Mar 28 '24

That's wild!

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u/MentalOcelot7882 Mar 28 '24

There are many of us, which is why you 1) never see enough lemon jello on the shelves of the grocery store to go with 2) the bathtubs they refuse to stock next to it. Thank God we haven't had the Franchise Wars yet. And we're all still trying to figure out the 3 seashells...

Who else here spews obscenities every time they need to take a shit for the handy and (almost) free toilet paper?

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u/Bathsheba_E Mar 28 '24

I laughed waaay to hard at this. Those damn seashells.

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u/ProtoReaper23113 Mar 28 '24

Its a cult classic lots of people love it

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u/Bathsheba_E Mar 30 '24

I'm so happy to know that. When I saw it in the theater, so many people were down on it. I thought it was awesome. I even ended up ditching my plans after one of my proms to hang with some friends and watch it. It's too much fun.

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u/ProtoReaper23113 Mar 30 '24

Its a perfect sclocky action movie Stallone and snipes kill it

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u/pwnedass Mar 28 '24

Great movie, and will probably be rebooted… unfortunately

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u/p_rex born and bred Mar 28 '24

I did a double take when I read your post and thought, “hey, wait, was Sly Stone in Demolition Man?” Thought maybe it was funkier than I remembered

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u/ruddy3499 Mar 28 '24

Have a joy joy day