Kaiser Khorosho
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Kaiser Khorosho
To me, I understand what the guy did was perfectly legal. He has a right to carry a rifle. But is it really SMART? What purpose did it serve? He said he was hiking with his son.
As a former Boyscout (and Eagle Scout) I do not recall us EVER hiking (or camping, for that matter) with a gun. The camps we went to had guns at the ranges and such but NONE of our scout masters had a gun on their person.
Back to the "smart" part. 99% of the population does not know the law. Before this incident, I had NO IDEA you could openly carry a rifle in public. I knew in certain cities you can carry a pistol in a holster without a permit, but an actual RIFLE? Of course someone is going to call the police.
The only mistake that was made was the cop trying to take the gun without asking for it first, then a whole lot of factors kicked in (the guy grabbing for his gun due to training, and the cop going into fight for your life mode when a suspect, which he was called out to investigate, tries to grab his gun back.) I'm sorry but if a guy tries to grab a gun out of a cop's hand, what is he supposed to do?
I think its bad on BOTH parties here. The cop for not asking for the gun and the guy for carrying a rifle for no reason. If he had a concealed .45, he had no reason to be carrying the rifle. Its not NORMAL. It defies convention. Someone called him out on it and it bit him in the a**. Just because you have a right to do something doesn't mean you should do it JUST BECAUSE.
I'm sorry, but that's how I see it.
Are you kidding? It's Texas. Everyone knows about the controversy over being able to carry guns in public. They were in the woods camping, not some boyscout campground, actual woods. With wild boar and mountain lions. How would you suggest they protect themselves from wild animals? It doesn't say anywhere that someone called it in, just that the officer reacted badly to seeing someone with a gun, in a state where he should know the laws he's supposed to be enforcing.
The vet wasn't in the wrong. At all. He was minding his own business when a so-called officer of the law decided to pick a fight with him for no reason. How do you explain the rest of the officer's behavior? Interrogating a minor? Holding the kid without parental permission? Arresting the man for simply walking around with a gun, as is his right to do?
It LOOKED like he was on the highway, not in the woods, and the officer said that someone called it in which is why he claimed to be out there. And umm...I live in Texas and I didn't know about the "rifle in public is okay" law. I figured if it was in certain designated places, IE a gun range or a hunting lease, then yeah, but this guy was on the side of the road.
And like I said before, a single mistake escalated the whole situation. If the officer had asked for the gun, all this could have been avoided. Instead, the officer grabbed the gun, and he grabbed it back, and the cop, LIKE HE IS TRAINED TO DO, pulled on the "suspect" (rightfully suspected or not) because he tried for his own gun in a fast and aggressive manor. After that, the cop's other actions are normal. The cop thought the guy might be dangerous because he grabbed for his rifle.
That is the only thing the vet did wrong was reach for his rifle from an officer of the law. That looks bad WHATEVER the situation.
He said he was going on a hike. They were most likely walking towards their destination. He had a purpose for the gun, and he told the officers this, but they decided to go with the whole, guilty until proven innocent approach.
Regardless of whether you know the law or not, it is still the law. You can call it in, but that is still not reasonable suspicion to arrest the man, or even disarm him. Walking down the street with a gun in Texas is not illegal, and is not reasonable suspicion to attack the man.
But I forgot that we now live in a police state where the cops can do whatever they damn well please, and arrest anyone who stands in their way.
It just disgusts me that they seemed like they had no idea what they were doing. They don't know the law, they stood around for several minutes trying to come up with some reason to arrest the guy. This isn't even considering all the laws they broke when taking the child home and detaining him.
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