The men brought the three semi-automatic rifles to Starbucks as a form of demonstration. Starbucks employees told them they would not be allowed to sit inside the restaurant with their rifles, so the men opted to sit outside.
In Texas, it is legal to openly carry shotguns and rifles so long as they are being carried in a non-threatening way. So far so good, right?
Several bystanders chatted with the men and asked them questions about their demonstration. But apparently one witness felt “freaked out”by the display. The witness called police, who arrived and told the men that they received a complaint about their open display of rifles. The men cooperated calmly with police.
But before leaving, all three men were charged with disorderly conduct.
According to Texas law, anyone carrying a firearm can be charged with disorderly conduct if at any time any person feels uncomfortable with the guns presence or the way in which the gun is being carried.
Personally I think that Texas and other states should simply pass an "anti-douchebag law" that applies to any asshole who tries to get attention by walking around with a semi-automatic rifle strapped to his back or a pistol prominently displayed in a holster like Wyatt Earp waiting for a shootout at the OK Corral.
I have to admit that if I lived in Texas, and knew that calling the police would get these guys a disorderly conduct citation, I would be doing that at EVERY opportunity.
There is NO reason that law abiding citizens have to be confronted at coffee shops or malls by unhinged 2nd Amendment douchebags, making the rest of us feel unsafe.
Personally if these people are so desperate to demonstrate their shortcomings why don't they simply wear a t-shirt which says "I have a tiny insignificant penis?"
Why don't these guys just put a bottle of Viagra in their holster if they want a mobile erection?
ReplyDeleteDidn't they ever see that movie, The Christmas Story. You'll shoot your eye out with that thing.
ReplyDeleteMaybe they LIKE to lick the signpost :)
DeleteI bet you, most people do not know about that law, or they would call the cops much more often!
ReplyDeleteTime to advertise this law and let regular, sane people know about it!
ARE YOU KIDDING??!! All it took was ONE person to feel unsafe for them to get a citation?!!! If I lived in Texas I would make it my personal mission to be at any event, site or field that these idiots were going to be at and call the police so overcomed with fear and anxiety it would be worthy of an Oscar consideration!
ReplyDeleteAnd the guy with the broken wrist (bright orange cast) makes me wonder... maybe his penis is so small that he broke his wrist trying to spank it to gun porn. Maybe he was looking at the pictures of that fat longhair underwear guy in his moms basement displaying his "hardware." Yeah, you know, THAT guy. Guess spank boy is going to have to be a "lefty" for a while.
ReplyDeleteThe thing is... If you are right handed, wouldn't you put your holster on the left hand side, like that guy does? IOW, he is a moron, signaling, that he does not know how to use his d*ck-extension...
DeleteLest we forget the real history of our wild west:
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I say, who would be concerned about three guys in a public place, shouldering automatic rifles and having many many rounds of ammo strung around them like Christmas lights? Did they think they were trying out for the police department? Did they think they looked macho? Did they think no one might be scared, or was that the point? Let's scare everyone into carrying big rifles around, because then we will ALL be safe from the other guys with big rifles. Anyone ever read "The Butter Battle Book?" Dr. Seuss was way ahead of his time.
ReplyDeleteany sane police department would escort these guys to a holding cell to sleep it off, then when they were done laughing behind these insecure morons backs, explain the years of college and police academy (study and hard work) it takes to be a cop, pat them on their heads, and send them home with an officer friendly coloring book and tell them to comeback when they grew up.
DeleteI'm sorry but I just can't put 'carrying rifles in a shopping center' and "in a non-threatening way" together in the same sentence and have it make any kind of sense at all.
ReplyDeleteUnless it's a Cabella's and there's a sales receipt in hand, I see men strolling in front of a store carrying rifles and I'm going to feel threatened, dammit!!!
There's a time and place for rifles and Starbuck's is NOT it!
that pix's from somewhere in El Salvador, right ? 'People's Liberation Force' ?
ReplyDeleteI wonder how long it will take the cops to get tired of alarmed citizens calling about armed clown posse's in public places?
ReplyDeleteThe only thing worse than a douchebag with an assault rifle is an over caffeinated douchebag with an assault rifle.
Why do these people feel their rights trump everyone else's?
You know, its not illegal to fart in church, either.
ReplyDeleteNor is it illegal to blow your nose at a banquet table.
Its also legal to scratch one's groin while going through the buffet line.
On and on - but even though none of these things are potentially deadly - only crude, inconsiderate and/or stupid people do it.
But you can because, you know: freedom.
So, I 'get' that these morons are trying to convey that we are safer with them around, armed to their collective one tooth.
ReplyDeleteHOWEVER, I do not think that they thought this whole thing through: IF we, as a society, get used to them wearing their dick extensions, what saves us from the terrorists, who most likely will be armed just like these idjits? How can we differentiate between them? Will the 'good guys' be wearing some colored armbands? Or will it be the bad guys?
SMH @morons like these...
I live in Texas and I doubt if any of these boneheads could spell penis.
ReplyDeleteAhhh..... how typically liberal... you have no intelligent comments to make so you resort to naming calling and discussing your fascination with men's sexual organs...
ReplyDeleteAs you advocate your version of "we need a law that will..." remember that one day, those laws will be there waiting to bite you on your seating accommodations...