Posted on 01/01/2016 8:39:21 AM PST by rktman
Texas will soon join the other 45 US states that allow open carry and anti-gun groups are not happy about it.
At least one anti-gun group is attempting to make life miserable for all gun owners who choose to openly and legally carry their firearms by calling 911 and making false claims.
The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence (CSGV) is using social media to urge people to call 911 any time they see someone openly carrying a firearm.
(Excerpt) Read more at gunsnfreedom.com ...
Swatting is a crime.
The faggot/lover who called 911 on his abusive boyfriend, the call that begat Lawrence v. Texas, went to jail for 2 weeks over that false 911 call.
IF the Left tries doing this in Texas, prosecute the callers and demand prison time.
Two weeks is not enough, IMHO.
HOORAY Houston police
Former Houston DA Chuck Rosenthal boasted of similar tactics when the Texas legislature permitted citizens to carry their guns in their cars.
He said he would prosecute them anyway and let the courts decide it. So much for his false claim in Lawrence v. Texas (a law he did not support anyway) that he HAD to prosecute them. Good riddance.
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/DA-warns-handgun-law-won-t-relax-enforcement-1918787.php
DA warns handgun law won’t relax enforcement
DA opposed to new handgun law
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
AUSTIN - Motorists arrested for carrying pistols in their cars without a concealed handgun license will continue to be prosecuted in Houston, despite a new law that purports to give them a legal defense, Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal said Monday.
Pistol-toting drivers without a permit will still be prosecuted, Rosenthal warns
It should be protocol that 911 operators say; “If you choose to remain anonymous, we must ignore your report. False reporting is a felony that will be severely prosecuted.”
Prosecution for swatting should be made VERY public. Make an example of them! For a slightly reduced sentence they can make a very public apology in court and PAY THE VICTIM DAMAGES TO THE TUNE OF $5-10,000.00.
Hugo’s restaurant in Houston says they will post the signs banning open carry but that they will also ban concealed carry.
I’ve been robbed at gunpoint in a restaurant parking lot (I do not own or carry a gun and I do not patronize Hugo’s).
If Hugo’s does not station an armed guard in their lot, they’ve put a target on their customers.
Houston Restaurants Struggle With Open Carry Law (UPDATED)
By Phaedra Cook
Monday, December 21, 2015 | 11 days ago
Holding a permit to serve alcoholic beverages doesn’t automatically make open carry prohibited on the premises. A 51-percent sign would also need to be posted if applicable. If that doesn’t apply to the business, open carry is allowed.
There is a way for private businesses to forbid openly carried guns on their premises. They have to post a “30.07” sign, which refers to section 30.07 of the Texas Penal Code entitled, “Trespass By License Holder With An Openly Carried Handgun.” The sign fulfills the requirement for the owner to provide “written communication” It must posted in a conspicuous place and specifically state, in “contrasting colors with block letters at least one inch in height”.
The signs are available ready-made from several retailers. Businesses which also want to prohibit concealed handguns have to also post the 30.06 sign, as detailed in Texas Penal Code 30.06, “Trespass By License Holder With A Concealed Handgun.â€
...Restaurateur Tracy Vaught of Hugo’s, Caracol and Backstreet Cafe has decided the restaurants will all post the 30.06 and 30.07 signs. She said, “We will not be allowing open carry or concealed hand guns in our restaurants. It’s not because I want to make a political statement; it’s because alcohol and guns don’t mix. I want our restaurants to be a safe zone for our customers and their families.”
Restaurants who post the 30.07 sign can ask someone who walks in with a visible gun to leave and call the police if the person refuses. Even that action, though, will take some guts. Who wants to upset someone who’s carrying a gun?
Vaught isn’t worried about that aspect, saying, “They can just lock it in their car and come back in.”
I carry openly when I want to make a point, and even then I always have a back up piece that is concealed.
“If” one already has a CCW license, “why” bother to open carry?? A preferable setup would be to continue licenses for CCW, and allow anyone legally able to buy a firearm to open carry.
If NYC can fine a business $250,000 for sending a XGender to the wrong bathroom, the fine for calling in a false gun report in Texas should be the same.
“They can just lock it in their car...”
NO
WAY
Sec. 42.06. FALSE ALARM OR REPORT. (a) A person commits an offense if he knowingly initiates, communicates or circulates a report of a present, past, or future bombing, fire, offense, or other emergency that he knows is false or baseless and that would ordinarily:
(1) cause action by an official or volunteer agency organized to deal with emergencies;
(2) place a person in fear of imminent serious bodily injury; or
(3) prevent or interrupt the occupation of a building, room, place of assembly, place to which the public has access, or aircraft, automobile, or other mode of conveyance.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor unless the false report is of an emergency involving a public or private institution of higher education or involving a public primary or secondary school, public communications, public transportation, public water, gas, or power supply or other public service, in which event the offense is a state jail felony.
http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/PE/htm/PE.42.htm
I’ve never seen a restaurant or music venue take responsibility when a crook breaks into your car in their parking lot.
Can’t 911 trace the call? Surely we have the technology for that by now.
“If NYC can fine a business $250,000 for sending a XGender to the wrong bathroom, the fine for calling in a false gun report in Texas should be the same.”
If Texas does make this law, then Open Carry could well become the monster that gun-grabbers fear as legal gun owners could well threaten others in minor disputes, but the onus would be on the person making the 911 call to prove she’s not calling fraudulently.
...and to tell you the truth, I wouldn’t mind if that happened.
That sounds like conspiracy and RICO violations. I hope every thug in CSGV ends up behind bars for a long time, or the recipient of the natal consequences of being vocally unarmed in a world full of criminals.
“...and allow anyone legally able to buy a firearm to open carry.”
Like Michigan does it!
Exactly.
Why in the world would I want to go into any gun free zone knowing the bad guys always prey on such establishments?
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