TX soldier arrested for "rudely displaying gun"

[Rastus]

A little more on this guy...seems he is decorated and received a Bronze Star with Valor.  Mental case...problem.... ? ??  Yeah, another one of the kind of guys anti-gun Obama, Feinstein, Biden, Bloomberg, Soros, etc. really, really, want to disarm.


http://chicksontheright.com/posts/item/24091-this-should-not-happen-in-america

[bodean87]

The charges were reduced from resisting arrest to a class b misdemeanor. Which shows someone probably messed up. I would like to know if its normal for him to go hiking with the at or if he just decided to do it one morning. The officer should have checked him out because of the call but if both of them would have showed some respect to each other, this would have been avoided. All grishsam was guilty of was polo ( pi***** off a police officer.  That's what I have cone to believe the more I look at it.

[Rastus]

Yeah, somebody messed up.  I do think that Mst Sgt Grisham is an open carry advocate so it's likely he has carried before and could have been carrying in a manner that makes scared women pee down both legs.  The guy could have been all those other bad things too but the way the story unfolded on video and the callous disregard of the US Constitution by the popo is what chilled me.  

Yeah, let's arrest those bad open carry decorated veterans.  Let's root them out of their careers and destroy them because they do nothing wrong other than something I don't like that I wish was illegal.

And by all means protect terrorists like officer Nidal Hasan who talked about killing Americans (and actually did, who would have thunk it?) who supports Al Qaeda, and who participated in communications with other muslim extremists....no problem there but we better damn well piss down both legs and cry for some kind of fascist authoritarian help when a veteran who believes in the 2nd Ammendment legally walks around with his son.  

Why hasn't Hasan been fried, err...tried yet?

[fightingquaker13]

The charges were reduced from resisting arrest to a class b misdemeanor. Which shows someone probably messed up. I would like to know if its normal for him to go hiking with the at or if he just decided to do it one morning. The officer should have checked him out because of the call but if both of them would have showed some respect to each other, this would have been avoided. All grishsam was guilty of was polo ( pi***** off a police officer.  That's what I have cone to believe the more I look at it.

Agreed. This was an internet guy looking for a fight. I know Tx. gun law. I lived there and did the very thorough CHL class. He broke no laws. BUT one has to ask,why are you carrying and AR, why do you expect a cop not to ask you that, and finally, please, have an answer. "We were going to shoot, I was thinking I might see a feral hog".
But when it comes down to it, just put the damn rifle down and show some ID, have a civil conversation and odds are good you'll be on your way in 3 minutes. Now if the cop is a jerk and still arrests you? Well, there's that dashboard cam showing you were all sunshine and puppies which will play a whole lot better in front of a jury when you sue his department rather, than being belligerent. The guy was an idiot, and a jerk for dragging his kid into what knew was going to be a confrontation. This was just boneheaded on both sides.

[tombogan03884]

Funny any of you would have a problem with this guy.
Back when America rally was a free country you could walk, run or ride from NY to SF with a pistol on your hip and a rifle in your hands, LOADED, and no one would think twice about it.

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[TAB]

i use to ride my bike with a 22 straped to my back in front of the ca capital to go kill ground squrrels.  I was never stop.  I am relativly young.  I am sure there is more to this story.   CA lost open carry last year becuase assholes went around looking for confrontation.  I saw the ban coming a mile away.   my rule is when you try to push your rights down the throat of others, you are a ass hole and generally lose those rights for every one.

[fightingquaker13]

i use to ride my bike with a 22 straped to my back in front of the ca capital to go kill ground squrrels.  I was never stop.  I am relativly young.  I am sure there is more to this story.   CA lost open carry last year becuase assholes went around looking for confrontation.  I saw the ban coming a mile away.   my rule is when you try to push your rights down the throat of others, you are a ass hole and generally lose those rights for every one.

+100. That's at least the excuse folks use for opposing gay rights. They always talk about the San Fran gay pride parade and other examples of deliberately offensive behavior. See  how its worked for the gays? Shouldn't we be smarter? Tx. is a shall issue state. The guy could have carried a concealed 1911 and no one would have noticed, or said boo about if they did. An AR on single point sling? Yeah, he had the right to do it, but in what alternate reality was it the smart thing to do?

[dipisc]

Hi;

     The Guy was on Glenn Beck yesterday, He and his Son were hiking to earn a Merit Badge in Scouting. The reason for carrying the weapon he said was due to any encounters with wild life ( I forget what kind was in the area ). What has not been discussed here is what the cops did to the son after dad was taken away. That in it's self may cause a lawsuit against the Police Dept. Basically, Dad told the son to not answer any questions until the son was with Mom. The police harrased the kid in the car to get him to talk. This is all according to the Dads statements on Glenn Beck.

[DaverZ]

I'm with Rastus on this one,and the way the son was treated was just criminal,I hope some heads roll over this

[Swamp Yankee]

Fightingquaker you are a bit misguided on this issue first off the man was breaking no laws , secondly he was not suspected of committing a crime. Under Texas and Federal law he is not required to provide identification if he is not being investigated of committing  a crime nor does he have to provide a reason for carry. The cop was overstepping the law I hope he gets charged with oppression and illegal detainment. Just because someone is supposed to enforce the law does not meen they know it.