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Typical, liberal city, won't follow the law.stash wrote:Looks like Austin officials are not going to back down from the AG's Tuesday opinion regarding firearms in city hall. Looks like the city has until 7/20/2016 to acquiesce or face a suit or fines. Appears the ball is back in the AG's court.
I like the idea of throwing them in jail and paying the fines personally. There is just something extremely bothersome and exceptionally egregious when it comes to elected public officials willingly and openly defying the laws established to protect the citizens' rights.puma guy wrote:I hope there's an effort in 2017 to add language to SB273 to penalize the individuals who make the decisions to defy the law.
So, file a complaint. It's free and relatively painless. Go verify the sign, take pictures. Notify the owner, city, county, park district, etc. Wait three days. Send your complaint with proofs to Texas AG. Strike a blow for liberty!Papa_Tiger wrote:They've taken it to new heights by posting Zilker Park. My guess is that they are going to try to claim to be an amusement park because of the Zilker Zephyr.
https://www.texas3006.com/view.php?id=9174
"Amusement park" means a permanent indoor or outdoor facility or park (Check) where amusement rides (only one certified by the state, the Zilker Zephyr) are available for use by the public that is located in a county with a population of more than one million (Check), encompasses at least 75 acres in surface area (Check - Zilker Park is 350 Acres), is enclosed with access only through controlled entries (Nope), is open for operation more than 120 days in each calendar year (Yep), and has security guards on the premises at all times (Nope). The term does not include any public or private driveway, street, sidewalk or walkway, parking lot, parking garage, or other parking area.
So they fail the Amusement Park definition on two counts: Enclosed with access only through controlled entries and security guards at all times.
Who are you going to get to file charges?AJSully421 wrote:Here's my deal... The city has been informed that they are violating a LTCer's privilege to carry in the city hall. Review the Official Oppression statute. Why can we not bring every single employee working in that building up on charges?
Every single employee isn't making the stupid decisions. There's probably one decision maker in question here.AJSully421 wrote:Here's my deal... The city has been informed that they are violating a LTCer's privilege to carry in the city hall. Review the Official Oppression statute. Why can we not bring every single employee working in that building up on charges?
http://codes.findlaw.com/tx/penal-code/ ... 39-03.htmlJALLEN wrote:Where is this Official Oppression statute?
Texas Penal Code § 39.03. Official Oppression
(a) A public servant acting under color of his office or employment commits an offense if he:
(1) intentionally subjects another to mistreatment or to arrest, detention, search, seizure, dispossession, assessment, or lien that he knows is unlawful;
(2) intentionally denies or impedes another in the exercise or enjoyment of any right, privilege, power, or immunity, knowing his conduct is unlawful; or
(3) intentionally subjects another to sexual harassment.
(b) For purposes of this section, a public servant acts under color of his office or employment if he acts or purports to act in an official capacity or takes advantage of such actual or purported capacity.
(c) In this section, “sexual harassment” means unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature, submission to which is made a term or condition of a person's exercise or enjoyment of any right, privilege, power, or immunity, either explicitly or implicitly.
(d) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor, except that an offense is a felony of the third degree if the public servant acted with the intent to impair the accuracy of data reported to the Texas Education Agency through the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) described by Section 42.006, Education Code, under a law requiring that reporting.
And guess where I'm going tomorrow to get some nice pictures for the AG?Papa_Tiger wrote:They've taken it to new heights by posting Zilker Park. My guess is that they are going to try to claim to be an amusement park because of the Zilker Zephyr.
https://www.texas3006.com/view.php?id=9174
"Amusement park" means a permanent indoor or outdoor facility or park (Check) where amusement rides (only one certified by the state, the Zilker Zephyr) are available for use by the public that is located in a county with a population of more than one million (Check), encompasses at least 75 acres in surface area (Check - Zilker Park is 350 Acres), is enclosed with access only through controlled entries (Nope), is open for operation more than 120 days in each calendar year (Yep), and has security guards on the premises at all times (Nope). The term does not include any public or private driveway, street, sidewalk or walkway, parking lot, parking garage, or other parking area.
So they fail the Amusement Park definition on two counts: Enclosed with access only through controlled entries and security guards at all times.
Has anyone been charged or convicted under this statute.The Annoyed Man wrote:http://codes.findlaw.com/tx/penal-code/ ... 39-03.htmlJALLEN wrote:Where is this Official Oppression statute?Texas Penal Code § 39.03. Official Oppression
(a) A public servant acting under color of his office or employment commits an offense if he:
(1) intentionally subjects another to mistreatment or to arrest, detention, search, seizure, dispossession, assessment, or lien that he knows is unlawful;
(2) intentionally denies or impedes another in the exercise or enjoyment of any right, privilege, power, or immunity, knowing his conduct is unlawful; or
(3) intentionally subjects another to sexual harassment.
(b) For purposes of this section, a public servant acts under color of his office or employment if he acts or purports to act in an official capacity or takes advantage of such actual or purported capacity.
(c) In this section, “sexual harassment” means unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature, submission to which is made a term or condition of a person's exercise or enjoyment of any right, privilege, power, or immunity, either explicitly or implicitly.
(d) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor, except that an offense is a felony of the third degree if the public servant acted with the intent to impair the accuracy of data reported to the Texas Education Agency through the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) described by Section 42.006, Education Code, under a law requiring that reporting.