Three people were reportedly arrested
on Friday for openly carrying Civil War-era pistols during a pro-gun
protest outside the Texas Capitol. Gun rights activists tell TheBlaze
the arrests were unlawful as it is legal in Texas to openly carry a
pre-1899 antique firearm.
Terry Louis Holcomb, 44, identified as a
Huntsville-area pastor, and Scott Douglas Smith, 50, a military veteran
from San Antonio, and Gary Hayes, a quadriplegic, were reportedly
arrested by state troopers in Austin and charged with disorderly
conduct, which is defined, by law, as an action with a firearm
“calculated to alarm.”
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"disorderly conduct" is a catch-all for anything the law wants it to mean.
The same for "criminal tools", which most of us normally own for work or used in a hobby.
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