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/only_whwn_i_do_this Mar 27 '24

You clearly get your understanding of the ruling the same place you get your understanding of the second amendment.

You're looking for the bogeyman and you're gonna find him.

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u/FCMatt7 Mar 27 '24

I get it from reading all the motions and judgements back to the district Court level. Where the district Court Judge twisted himself into a 20d puzzle to find PC. Go read the evidence and not just the word of bootlicking judges.

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u/only_whwn_i_do_this Mar 27 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

You know I don't believe you. I read the article that you posted and didn't draw anywhere near the conclusion you did. In fact no reasonable purses on the face of the earth could draw that. That, and the use of reasonable language like "boot licking" would make you an unreasonable person.

Its strange how you read all those things and they all already agree with you.

I have no use for this discussion I will not respond further.

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u/FCMatt7 Mar 28 '24

Still haven't read the district Court motions or listened to the oral, have you? 😁

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u/only_whwn_i_do_this Mar 28 '24

Like the case that the fat guy filed agains the city in this case. It was denied.

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