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Possibly, a first arrest for openly carrying in Texas

Fallschirjmäger

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A thought to ponder, IF a handgun may only be carried in a belt or shoulder holster, does a crime occur as soon as you hold it in your hand ready to be employed to save a life?

I hope, that if the county solicitor has any sense at all he/she will conform to current jurisprudence 1) by interpreting any vagueness in the law in favor of the non-moving (accused) party, and 2) by not proceeding further as there is more than enough to call for a reasonable doubt.
 

Fallschirjmäger

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True, but the new metric is number of arrests, not number of convictions. "It's the prosecuting attorney's job to prosecute, if they don't get a conviction it's their fault; not because I made an arrest under dubious circumstances."
 

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True, but the new metric is number of arrests, not number of convictions. "It's the prosecuting attorney's job to prosecute, if they don't get a conviction it's their fault; not because I made an arrest under dubious circumstances."
Even when the cop is caught during cross examination in a lie, then another lie and after those lies more lies.
 
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