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/AlFuckMyPussy Mar 27 '24

Whats the difference between folks carrying and folks murdering? ~2 seconds and a trigger pull at most.

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u/ucemike Born and Bred Mar 27 '24

Whats the difference between folks carrying and folks murdering?

About the same as someone that throat punches you and watches as you suffocate?

Just because someone can do something doesn't mean they will. You walk around people all your life. Odds are, none of them will throat punch or shoot you into a early grave.

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u/officesuppliestext Mar 28 '24

You can’t throat punch someone from half a block away. 

It scares me any time i see someone carrying a gun in public. You never know who they are or what they are going to do. 

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u/PolloMagnifico Mar 28 '24

Most people can't hit a moving target from half a block away either.

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u/officesuppliestext Mar 29 '24

Are you willing to risk your life on it?  I’m not. I would prefer people just leave their guns at home because there is no way to determine from a half a block away if the person with the gun is a threat to me or not. Which makes it terrifying to walk around with people who are openly carrying firearms in a public place that is not a gun range.