This is just one of many issues I have with the current Austin PD. The police here in Austin have really been castrated since Art Acevedo was brought in from California to be Chief. He was brought in with all kinds of hoopla and cheering in an effort to ‘reform’ the police and make them more acceptable in the community. Now all you hear in the local news is about him kissing up the local counsels, spending money on ‘outreach programs’, and worse of all, prosecuting/suspending/firing every officer who dares, DARES, pull a gun/taser on a suspect. These are just my personal feelings but this gun show crap is just another example.
Thanks for your insight on the Austin PD, and new police Chief. (from CA)
Actually, that's a good thing. If their "enforcement" is limited to harassing people transacting legal business, the fact that you know in advance they won't tase or shoot you lessens the degree of infringement. Just say no. ;-)