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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBut it is not against the law to walk around with a weapon scaring people,
But there are laws against causing a public disturbance, disturbing the peace, Terroristic threatening (waving a gun around at people). There are plenty of laws not dealing with a gun that he could have been charged.
marybourg
(12,584 posts)they cause. Like cows in India..
LiberalArkie
(15,703 posts)Edited to add:
In Texas, terroristic threats are prohibited under Chapter 22 of the Texas Penal Code:[22][23]
Sec. 22.07. TERRORISTIC THREAT. (a) A person commits an offense if he threatens to commit any offense involving violence to any person or property with intent to:
(1) cause a reaction of any type to his threat by an official or volunteer agency organized to deal with emergencies;
(2) place any person in fear of imminent serious bodily injury;
(3) prevent or interrupt the occupation or use of a building, room, place of assembly, place to which the public has access, place of employment or occupation, aircraft, automobile, or other form of conveyance, or other public place;
(4) cause impairment or interruption of public communications, public transportation, public water, gas, or power supply or other public service;
(5) place the public or a substantial group of the public in fear of serious bodily injury; or
(6) influence the conduct or activities of a branch or agency of the federal government, the state, or a political
marybourg
(12,584 posts)worse - but they're still sacred.
LiberalArkie
(15,703 posts)Having a big knife in a holster on your belt is not against the law, pulling it out and pointing it at someone while making threats will put you in jail. Same with any weapon.
That is why you see the 2nd amendment people never take their weapon and wave it around.
The kid in El Paso had supposedly walked around with his AR-15 in his hands and scaring people. That was a no no. But no witnesses were around to say that when the police arrived.
Ilsa
(61,688 posts)especially if it is a weapon like an AR or AK? I feel threatened when I see that shit in public for no immediate purpose.
LiberalArkie
(15,703 posts)The person screaming "I am going to blow your brains out" will put the person in jail.
Ilsa
(61,688 posts)wasn't doing that, was he?
uponit7771
(90,301 posts)snowybirdie
(5,219 posts)if I see anyone with a weapon in any store, I'm pulling the fire alarm. That's what the manager did yesterday in the Wal Mart in Missouri. Effective in getting folks out of the store. It's dangerous on any level
LiberalArkie
(15,703 posts)We have so many special interests getting laws passed that are hurting us. Like the Harley riders getting the helmet laws removed and noise laws stricken so they can ride around with loud exhaust.
Same with the gun owners. No one in their right mind would have in the the 50's or 60's walked into a store with weapons or walked down the street (except to a gun shop) with weapons, they would have been arrested even then for causing a disturbance. It needs to happen now.
Not gun laws, but causing a disturbance or making threatening movements etc.
jmg257
(11,996 posts)"One of the most obvious examples was Californias Mulford Act, signed in 1967 by Governor Ronald Reagan. The law was a direct response to the Black Panthers open-carry patrols of Oakland neighborhoods and banned the carrying of loaded weapons. It is also worth noting that the NRA, who for all the attention given to them by the media has often promoted the growth of government restrictions on gun rights, actively supported the legislation."
https://www.mintpressnews.com/the-mulford-act-and-americas-racist-history-of-gun-control/242420/
uponit7771
(90,301 posts)zackymilly
(2,375 posts)hunter
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TomSlick
(11,084 posts)My plan is to yell "GUN!" and move quickly to the door. I'm betting I clear the place.
SCantiGOP
(13,862 posts)What happens when Open Carry meets Stand Your Ground?
All you have to prove in a Stand Your Ground defense is that you truly felt that your life was in danger. So if you come around the corner in the grocery store and see some guy adjusting his AK-47 hanging from his shoulder, you may have a perfect alibi if you take your AR-15 and shoot him 10 or 25 times.
NRA and MAGAts would just call this unfortunate collateral damage. I would call it Instant Karma.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)LiberalArkie
(15,703 posts)Terroristic threatening, etc. It might make them rethink their decisions in life. They are not doing it for any reason other than to cause a ruckus, like the guys who drive with no exhaust.
Just to get noticed.
procon
(15,805 posts)Even when there is no gun involved. If that excuse allows cops to kill, why isn't it enough for any citizen to cite fear of being murdered as a valid reason to have these gun exhibitionists removed from the pubic venue?
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,391 posts)I feel like people open carrying is intimidating and I very definitely would be very cautious and modify my behavior around them accordingly. I don't see any kind of justification for allowing open carry of weapons and think that it ultimately creates a hostile environment.