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seamusTX wrote:How quickly y'all forget. People were arrested in Harris County, and in some cases they had to go to court to get their weapons returned. The TSRA and Texas ACLU wrote a report on it, which helped contribute to the passage of the MPA in 2007:

http://www.tsra.com/docs/AboveTheLaw.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I will take this opportunity to once again mount my soapbox to point out that when the police want to arrest you, they will arrest you regardless of the law; and they will be backed by the full force of the police, city, and county legal systems. You will be up a creek without a paddle.

- Jim

I remember hearing and reading of very few incidents, and I can't recall a thing about Houston LEOs making arrest. Even the joint NRA/ACLU tract doesn't seem to have any case historys of people getting arrested or charged. My contention is that the LEOs understood the the law and pretty much ignored Rosenthal.

Keith B wrote: It is actually not part of the Castle Doctrine, but called the Motorist Protection Act. They used to arrest you in Houston under the previous DA, but think that has now changed I believe. However, I have not heard that Ft. Worth was ignoring the fact that it is legal since September 2007 and arresting people for it. I would be interested if he could point us to a specific case?

They did? I can't find much proof of that. I know Rosenthal encouraged folks to arrest people, but we have seen very little evidence that his was actually happening. Perhaps pre-Sept 2005 these things happened before we had the "defense to prosecution" written . It is my understanding the the LEOs in Houston understood the law and they were not going after folks who were legally carrying. The police do not work for the DA.
Most of the police and the other LEOs understood that Rosenthal was walking very thin ice and didn't wish to take the walk with him.
I do remember that the TSRA was looking for a victim in 2007 to testify before the 80th legislature and they did manage to find someone. I do not know anything about the circumstances of this individuals case, but I do remember there were not a lot of people who were victimized and it wasn't real easy to find someone arrested under the old law.