Terry Holcomb, Second Amendment Activist, Prevails against Waller County Tyranny

Ammoland ^ | 15 January, 2019 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

–In August of 2016, Terry Holcomb, a Second Amendment activist, wrote a letter to Waller County, Texas. The letter asked Waller County to stop breaking the law, according to what had been passed in the 2015 legislature.  Some county officials disagreed with the Texas Attorney General, on what the law meant.

So Waller County sued the Second Amendment activist, in an attempt to undercut the Attorney General. This was a direct violation of Texas Law, the Texas Constitution, and the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.

A Government entity cannot sue a citizen merely for complaining against it and asking the entity to follow the law.

The case has been in the courts for over two years. The Second Amendment activist has been vindicated. He has not yet been paid the attorney fees and costs he is due. Here is the timeline:

On the 28th day of November 2016, Judge Albert M. McCaig, Jr. found for Waller County.

Terry Holcomb filed for an extension to appeal to the Texas Court of Appeals in Houston on 21 November 2017.

On 5 January 2018, the County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas issued an amicus brief to the appeals court, contending that Waller County had every right to sue Holcomb, and the appeals court should rule against him. From txcourts.gov:

[marktwain]

When the government can sue you, because you complained about their breaking the law, there is no free speech.

[treetopsandroofs]

We are now all “Constitution activists”.

[Blue Collar Christian]

This is great, except for the part of “Wake me up when the county pays him what’s owed.”

And even there, the tax paying citizens of the county have to pay for the buffoonery of its officials, who, I don’t even know if they were elected.

[robowombat]

I note that center of lower learning Prairie View A & M os located in Waller County. Having a ‘historically black’ state college in your county is never a good thing.

[i_robot73]

When the government can sue you, because you complained about their breaking the law, there is no free speech FREEDOM\Law.

[nuke_road_warrior]

Why did this take two years to resolve? Those government officials who perpetrated this obscenity should be looking at the world through iron bars.

[marktwain]

It took two years to resolve because the first court ruled against Holcomb.

Then Holcomb had to appeal to the Appeals Court.

Then Waller County appealed to the Texas Supreme Court.

The judicial process is slow.

[VTenigma]

Maybe he can get a judgment against the county and have the Sherriff sell it at auction to recoup. Hey anyone want to bid on a nice used county?

[Rebelbase]

Very nice article.