Man arrested for carrying sheathed knife. I guess he should have been carrying a gun instead.
Wow...I guess the 'knife lobby' doesn't have the same clout as the gun lobby. And apparently in Texas, 'size' does matter...at least for knives.
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Police arrested a South Austin 7-Eleven patron with a knife holstered on his hip and charged him with a felony Saturday evening, according to an arrest affidavit.
The arrest appeared to occur by chance. A City of Sunset Valley police officer stopped at the convenience store at the intersection of William Cannon Drive and Brodie Lane at about 6:45 p.m., the same time William Thomas Churchill, 58, was at the store.
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According to Texas law, an illegal knife is more than five and a half inches in length.
http://kxan.com/2015/05/04/man-carrying-knife-at-7-eleven-slapped-with-felony/
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Open carry supporters rally at Austin police headquarters
....And after hearing from Grisham and another speaker, the group walked down Eighth Street to hand out fliers and to “normalize” the image of people carrying rifles before the eyes of the general public, Jones said.
But not before Grisham asked for each person to double check that their guns’ safeties were on. He asked another individual at the protest to verify it.
“The last thing we need is a negligent discharge,” Grisham said. “That would undermine the whole cause.”
http://www.statesman.com/news/news/local/open-carry-supporters-rally-at-austin-police-headq/nmBDN/
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