Posted on 10/29/2022 11:13:17 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Police saw Carmon Tussey walking briskly toward a crowded Louisville bar carrying a semi-automatic weapon.
With people running away, officers moved in, service weapons drawn. They put the 26-year-old in handcuffs and confiscated his gun. Tussey was later charged with terroristic threatening, wanton endangerment and disorderly conduct, prosecutors said, and could face up to 20 years in prison.
His lawyer says he “was engaged in perfectly legal behavior” in the incident last year, raising a relatively new legal argument in the United States that now stands before the courts to settle.
That’s because Kentucky made it legal in 2019 to carry a gun in public without a permit, joining what is now a majority of states with similar laws. […]
Louisville prosecutors say it was more than just the gun that led police to detain Tussey. The type of weapon, how he carried it, and where he was headed also mattered. A witness also told officers that Tussey was returning to the bar after a verbal altercation.
After he was detained, Tussey told police he “was returning to shoot” the people he fought with, according to the arrest citation. Those comments came later. Simms argued in court that he had given police no legal reason to take him into custody when they did. …
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Every legal non-felon should be carrying a firearm or something for their self-defense. And law enforcement should not have immunity for violating citizen constitutional rights.
“Constitutional rights” only apply to matters which disturb no one elsew. When they do, the other person(s) rights cut in. Without question. LE can be an intervener or arrester of movement or behavior which interrupts a peaceful process. When someone interrupts mine, the law and its enforcementstarts with me.
It all depends upon intent.
One could say that the police were also walking briskly toward the bar with guns drawn.
Yep.
Please show me where it says “ except felons “ in the second amendment.
I live in North Carolina, where it is legal to openly carry firearms without a permit. But every day I see alerts where the police are called because someone is carrying a gun. I always wonder why the police respond.
I saw someone walking beside the road carrying a handgun last week. I smiled and waved as I passed by.
Tussey (guy who had the gun) admitted he was returning to the bar to shoot someone, but he admitted that later, not at the point police stopped him. I guess in order to be sure he was a threat the police needed to wait until he started shooting, otherwise how did they know he was actually a threat? Of course in this case looks like the cops did prevent loss of life, or serious injury, but that’s kind of beside the point legally. Tough call for cops these days.
We’ve got only one side of the story.
Yet another example of why the police are the enemy as well.
People need to show some common sense. Its guys like him who will eventually have the law changed back to the way it was.
The law in michigan has always been open carry is legal. That is what the founders intended. The police eventually figure out how to deal with it.
“…Shall not be infringed …”
When will the commies and Nazis ever start respecting that this is America and citizens have rights?
(Answer: never…)
Typical BS from American Pravda. This is not “new”. Brandishing, threatening, etc with a gun is and has always been illegal. Its called “assault”.
Most people confuse assault with battery. Battery is any harmful or offensive touching. eg punching, pushing, spitting, etc
Assault is putting a person in reasonable fear of imminent bodily harm or death. eg cocking a fist, brandishing a gun, etc.
In Connecticut a permit is required but open carry is technically legal. Carry a gun openly with a permit and you will invariably get arrested for disturbing the peace.
Yeah, the media is very concerned about police welfare, that's why the partisan media stooges want the police defunded.
The biggest problem with open carry is that it isn’t done enough. If people became accustomed to seeing the average person carrying and it became the norm, it would soon become no big deal.
Now, since open carry is not the norm, and there are high instances of criminal activity, anytime a person carrying is seen, the intent is unknown.
Make it legal, make it common, and their will be less of an issue.
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