Police arrest soldier for "rudely displaying rifle."

[dblack1]

I try to not get FTP up in here, but man these asshats make it hard.

[A+]

that's bullshit.. they "ask" you for something, you decline, so they arrest you for not complying with a request (not demand). fuck.

Was he of Latin descent? That has happened to me approximately 3 times in my lifetime. Granted this was in my younger days...

[stevo]

I have a huge issue with discretionary laws.

As do I.

Stevo

[DallasSleeper]

News article with the arrest video. He will be a wealthy man when this is over
http://dailycaller.com/2013/04/12/po...#ixzz2QNJAsXAp

[KBScobravert]

Flood their office with calls about people with guns on their hips displayed rudely. Leave out the part that it is their officers.

[Quadforce]

seems like I remember a month or so ago they had a long gun protest/march on the streets of FT Worth that I saw on the news. This is crazy and I understand that under stress it can make it harder to make a snap decision and have them all be 100% correct all the time, but at some point the police should have considered what the soldier was saying.

[Broncojohnny]

Hopefully the next time a terrorist decides to attack something down there, it will be the prosecutor's office. lol

[inline 6]

The man was just out hunting for a new cow-skin rug.

[Captain Crawfish]

its obvious what is happening. anyone who has a gun or excercises a right to own is demonized by the media and even the police now. this is going to get alot worse and if you dont go along with it you will be portrayed as a terrorist.

[Blue88Coupe]

Maybe the guys that got the Kaufman County DA's will take notice.

[ceyko]

“When you alarm people, and they call us,” one of the officers in the video begins to say, after Grisham asks why the officiers failed to ask for his concealed-carry permit.

“And did you explain to them what the law is, sir?” Grisham asks.

“They don’t care what the law is,” the officer replies. Graham then shoots back, “Do you care what the law is?”

“In this day and age, they’re alarmed when they see somebody with what you have,” the officer replies.

This is the part that annoys me about society. I won't lie, cop or civilian I do go on a little bit of a higher state of paranoia when I see a gun in the open. (That's not a bad thing)

However, if it's legal it is legal. There used to be a time (and some places are still like this...) when most people had guns around and visible. Hell, he did not even have the big scary assault rifle....

I know a lot of people prefer not to open carry anything and that's a preference. If it is legal, that person carrying in the open should not be criminalized for it at all. Soldier or not, I do not like this approach on how to handle -legal- gun owners who are not breaking any laws.

I hope his chain of command is taking care of him. (Edit: Not busting his balls, giving him time needed...etc)

[DallasSleeper]

I hope his chain of command is taking care of him. (Edit: Not busting his balls, giving him time needed...etc)

Unfortunately the Military officers have to play politics these days. Look how many have been fired in the past couple of years. 10 years ago the III Corps commander would have put every business in Temple TX on the off limits list, he would have demanded all charges dropped, a formal apology and he would have gotten it.

[ceyko]

Unfortunately the Military officers have to play politics these days. Look how many have been fired in the past couple of years. 10 years ago the III Corps commander would have put every business in Temple TX on the off limits list, he would have demanded all charges dropped, a formal apology and he would have gotten it.

Yeah, what changed? I do remember III Corp (was in 4ID) laying the smackdown on businesses.

[mikec]

Heh, cops would have been a little nervous trying this shit with us yesterday...

[KBScobravert]

Heh, cops would have been a little nervous trying this shit with us yesterday...

Domestic terrorists.

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