I have said it before and I will say it again..the open carry folks are doing nothing but harm to Texas gun owners. If the Travis County DA takes the case (and I bet they do because the elements of the offense include a deadly weapon not just a firearm) all I can say is good luck to them..most lawyers start at 15,000 for a jury trial.

Actually the Voir dire rules of jury selection would more than likely end up with mostly gun owners if the defense attorney uses it properly. I doubt most prosecutors would want this case, they like ones that are easy wins.

Remember only 37% of Americans are gun owners. Do you really want to gamble and spend maybe $15,000 to prove the law? Odds are you will win, but at what cost? And how many people will you tick off? They outnumber us.

Myself I am too old to spend time in court getting my 10 minutes of You Tube fame. Beside the other 63% have the power to change the laws, why tick them off???

Actually the Voir dire rules of jury selection would more than likely end up with mostly gun owners if the defense attorney uses it properly. I doubt most prosecutors would want this case, they like ones that are easy wins.

(17) "Deadly weapon" means:
(A) a firearm or anything manifestly designed, made, or adapted for the purpose of inflicting death or serious bodily injury; or
(B) anything that in the manner of its use or intended use is capable of causing death or serious bodily injury.

So, would a jury of mostly non gun owning peers say a cap and ball revolver can not inflict death and seriously bodily injury?

Disorderly conduct might be a reach, especially when there were others openly carrying rifles not detained. But remember it is not the pro gun persons on this forum that have to be convinced. What will be presented is to carry a long gun in public is normally lawful whereas it is not normally lawful to carry a centerfire revolver in public.

So another question might be, would a jury of mostly non gun owning peers say a resonable person can tell the difference between a cap and ball revolver lawfully being openly carried in a holster and a centerfire revolver that is unlawfully being carried in a holster? And could a reasonable person be alarmed by someone openly carrying a centerfire revolver in public when it is not normal to do so?

It will all come down to a determination of intent IMHO.

Crazy! http://texasgopvote.com/issues/stop-big-...pers-not-005861

So what you are saying is.....we have a legal right to open carry a CAP N BALL and long guns but we should not do it, even though it is perfectly LEGAL? Now that makes all kind of sense.

The law ALLOWS it for a reason.....so we can do it. NOT so we can be scared of it.

How else do you figure we should educate the public? News paper add? That will work for sure.

Being that you (and others) think it is ridicules than what difference does it make to you if they change the law?

Its also legal to jump in water that's full of sharks... its also legal grab a rattlesnake and let it bite you.... its also legal to eat a rusty nail.... They must all be good ideas since its legal

last I checked no one was trying to take away our right to jump in with the sharks.

And if I recall, there were no open carry demonstrators in Colorado until AFTER they began enacting draconian firearm laws. Only after those passed did open carry rallies begin to pop up. The demonstrators organizing these rallies were an important part of 2 senators being removed. They are also the ones pushing to have the ridiculous laws removed.

Sitting quietly trying to please everyone led to Colorado enacting draconian laws; open carry rallies led to the removal of the senators responsible for pushing the laws into place. Time will tell whether they succeed in removing the laws.

But I'm sure all of the open carry haters here know better. Even though recent history has proven you absolutely wrong, I'm sure you know what's best. Gun rights supporters should tone it down and lay low, and just assume laying low won't lead to the same results as it has time and time again.

Isn't the definition of crazy to do the same thing, but expect a different result?

Again, I commend and appreciate the open carry demonstrators for having the courage and commitment to put yourselves on the line for what is right. I'm glad that you've learned from history, and realize sitting around quietly in the shadows will lead to the same thing it's led to everywhere else: civilian disarmament. Thank you for standing up for the rights of all Americans; even the ones that refuse to look at and learn from past events.

Id rather just live my life with my guns like I always have...never carried one around in public but do in my truck and im not against anyone that does... IF the time ever comes that someone wants to take my guns then I will put my rights to use for the exact reason we have them...gun in hand.

People doing things like this are wanting one thing... attention. and with todays media it will only cause nothing but problems

news flash... the time has come.... people want your guns... they have not been able to take very many yet, but make no mistake, their are people out their that would love to see you disarmed.

news flash... the time has come.... people want your guns... they have not been able to take very many yet, but make no mistake, their are people out their that would love to see you disarmed.

Yep and the OCD's (Open Carry Douchebags) are making it easy for them to do it.

Yes I understand this.. but me going into the public knowing im about to cause trouble isn't going to help my case now is it.

I can't even begin to address the lack of common sense in some of these posts...

But I will address one thing:
How is arresting a law-abiding citizen on completely trumped up charges related to investigating whether an open carrier is a threat?

It's not.