TX: 19-Year-Old was Likely Carrying Slung Mosin-Nagant Rifle when He was Tased

Gun Watch ^ | 18 April, 2014 | Dean Weingarten

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Photo: Alma E. Hernandez, For The San Antonio Express News

Henry Vichique, shown with his pregnant wife, above, is the 19 year old man who was tased by police for carrying a WWII Russian rifle in a San Antonio residential neighborhood while walking home.  From the Houston Chronicle:

San Antonio police arrested him March 30 while he was walking home with a loaded Russian World War II-vintage rifle slung across his shoulder.

The event occurred after dark.   Police at the scene told Henry that people had reported that he had been pointing the rifle at others.   Henry replied that he had never done so, and he could prove it because he had video taped the event.   It appeared that the encounter was over when third police officer showed up and tased Henry.   Henry had answered the previous police officers questions about the rifle that was slung on his back.   Yes, it was loaded.

San Antonio has a local ordinance that bans the carry of loaded rifles.  Texas has a strong preemption law that forbids local ordinances regulating the carry of firearms, and a state Constitution that protects the carrying of long guns.

While we do not have a picture of the rifle, as a WWII era Russian rifle, it is very likely one of the ubiquitous Mosin-Nagants.

Texas is one of a few states that bans the open carry of modern handguns in most public settings.   During the last year, a grassroots movement of carrying long guns openly in public has sprung up in an attempt to spur legislative reform.. Both Republican and Democrat candidates for governor in Texas have said that they favor the legalization of the open carry of handguns.

The picture of Henry and his wife above was take during a protest of Henry's tasing and arrest.  He has been charged under the local ordinance.

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[the OlLine Rebel]

Actually it is implied that multiple people claimed that.

[the OlLine Rebel]

There is nothing saying he was anything but alone.

[Delta Dawn]

Doesn’t this young man have anything better to do?

It kind of looks like he has already done it.

[S.O.S121.500]

Doesn’t this young man have anything better to do?
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Shupnoob

[GeronL]

Even the Black Panthers can march in Dallas with long guns

[GeronL]

He was doing nothing wrong

[353FMG]

Texas is really not the conservative state that the rest of the country thinks it is, especially not in the larger cities.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Doesn’t the cop have anything better to do than cost the city a few hundred thousand dollars?

[353FMG]

And to think that there are still people who wonder if uniformed Americans will ever turn their weapons on law-abiding Americans in the event of a civil protest.

(I forgot, these protesters are domestic terrorists as accused by a senatorial leader.)

Doubt no more.

[bicyclerepair]

Respect for the revenue collectors is dropping. I have zero respect for these JBTs.

[zeugma]

I watched the whole vid a few days ago. The first cop he encountered was OK. He was persistent, but seemed to be actually cognisant of the fellow’s rights. They were just going to let him continue his walk home (while they followed to observe for “safety reasons”), when this other bozo shows up and immediately tazes the guy. I was actually surprised at how reasonable the 1st cop was. Seems like he actually understood that citizens have rights. We need more of those.

[frog in a pot]

Or, stated differently:

Taking action prohibited by the US Constitution is OK

Illegals and drug gangs swarming across the border like a massive cattle stampede, perfectly OK.

[bobby.223]

Tongue that badge! Lick those boots! Atta boy!!

[The Cajun]

Crap like this you would expect to happen in the northeast or on the *left* coast, but not in Texas.

[PhiloBedo]

+100

[kiryandil]

Looks like we might need an application of William Norman Grigg:

Support Your Local Slave Patrol – Grovel Before the Badged ones http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2014-02-24T13:38:00-07:00

William Norman Grigg has his own blog now:

Pro Libertate
http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/

Some good pieces on the Bundy thingee.