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I know that people carrying openly are often harassed by the police. Is there anything in
the new law to prevent the police from charging someone who is open carry with disturbing the peace. A conviction for disturbing the peace is grounds for revoking a LTC/CHL :rules:
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You can bet the Austin, DFW, and Houston DA's and LEO's are asking this and other legal questions about now.
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tommyg wrote:I know that people carrying openly are often harassed by the police. Is there anything in
the new law to prevent the police from charging someone who is open carry with disturbing the peace. A conviction for disturbing the peace is grounds for revoking a LTC/CHL :rules:
If OCer is not doing something stupid, like pre-fight verbal war, then NO. otherwise, OC would not be legal.
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SA_Steve wrote:You can bet the Austin, DFW, and Houston DA's and LEO's are asking this and other legal questions about now.
Sometime in 2016, if I am in Austin, I will OC in a city public park. :roll:
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tommyg wrote:I know that people carrying openly are often harassed by the police. Is there anything in
the new law to prevent the police from charging someone who is open carry with disturbing the peace. A conviction for disturbing the peace is grounds for revoking a LTC/CHL :rules:
We shouldn't be afraid to obey the law, we should be mindful that lots of people will not know/like that OC is the law. Over the next year we will see people relax and for those of us that want to OC will be able to do so freely
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Richbirdhunter wrote:
tommyg wrote:I know that people carrying openly are often harassed by the police. Is there anything in
the new law to prevent the police from charging someone who is open carry with disturbing the peace. A conviction for disturbing the peace is grounds for revoking a LTC/CHL :rules:
We shouldn't be afraid to obey the law, we should be mindful that lots of people will not know/like that OC is the law. Over the next year we will see people relax and for those of us that want to OC will be able to do so freely
I thought it would be funny to open carry on jan 1 around Austin, on both hips with an ar on my back. That would surely piss of a few ut students haha don't worry not gonna do it!
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jb2012 wrote:
Richbirdhunter wrote:[quote="tommyg"
I thought it would be funny to open carry on jan 1 around Austin, on both hips with an ar on my back. That would surely piss of a few ut students haha don't worry not gonna do it!


how about with a Aggie shirt on :biggrinjester:
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RetNavy wrote:
jb2012 wrote:
Richbirdhunter wrote:[quote="tommyg"
I thought it would be funny to open carry on jan 1 around Austin, on both hips with an ar on my back. That would surely piss of a few ut students haha don't worry not gonna do it!


how about with a Aggie shirt on :biggrinjester:
Hahaha now that might send one of those hippies into shock!
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RetNavy wrote:
jb2012 wrote:
Richbirdhunter wrote:[quote="tommyg"
I thought it would be funny to open carry on jan 1 around Austin, on both hips with an ar on my back. That would surely piss of a few ut students haha don't worry not gonna do it!


how about with a Aggie shirt on :biggrinjester:
So much awesomeness wrapped up in how horrible that was. :-)
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Aggies shirt around UT probably what would get you cited for disturbing the peace :lol:
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That would be TU.
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Put a 1911 on each hip, and one under each arm, and an ar on your back. Aggie shirt just icing on the cake. I mean if you are going to go all out.
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MONGOOSE wrote:That would be TU.
Don't hold any punches. We all know it's actually tu. :biggrinjester:
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Undoubtedly, people will get arrested for disturbing the peace while OCing. Some may even be formally charged, but as long as they weren't doing anything beyond simple OC, any decent attorney should be able to convince a judge to dismiss the charges.
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Pariah3j wrote:Aggies shirt around UT probably what would get you cited for disturbing the peace :lol:
Yeah, but it would be an opportunity for UT students to meet their future employer. :mrgreen:
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