TexasCHLforum.com

Robert*PPS wrote:Like I said before, I have mixed emotions about these types of videos, but I disagree that they have no value. It has become inherently clear that the person legally exercising a right is the oddball, which should have never happened. If all gun owners carried long guns around, this problem would solve itself real fast.

I guess to further my point, people (and myself included, apparently) have automatically assumed someone walking with a long gun has evil intent. Yes, if everyone carried one, then the person NOT carrying would look odd.

So fine, I would rather the police observe the person, determine if they look agitated (warranting further observation), which goes in hand with what handog is saying:

handog wrote:The Police officers job is not to prevent crime, but investigate crime after the fact -Catch the criminal and bring them to court. In this case there was no crime other than unlawful detention.

If they observe a crime, then contact them.

I'm more of a critical thinker than sheeple. I don't buy either party's propaganda.

handog wrote:The 911 operators should be trained to ask the caller, what is the person doing with the firearm? Is he threatening any one? is it holstered? has he fired it? If the answer is, he is just carrying it, then, no law has been broken and the LEO should not have been dispatched. The LEO, in this case was obligated at that point to see if an actual crime was being committed.

Until that one time they had a call of a guy carrying a rifle on his back, not pointing it at anyone, but then later shot someone.

I'm all for our constitutional rights, but I would HOPE an LEO would at least talk to the person, w/o violating their rights, determine if they are up to no good, & be on their way. I'm sure if they ran into a guy fuming about some guy sleeping with his wife, they would take appropriate action, but a couple of guys walking expressing their right would be let on their way.

Granted, there's nothing from keeping a bad guy from doing the same. Walking down the street with a long arm & when confronted saying "I'm expressing my 4th, 5th, 6th constitutional rights" . . . then shooting who ever it was after the police leave.