04-13-2013, 05:09 AM
I don't live in Texas, and can't verify the veracity of all claims, so I'll just leave this here for the Texans' attention...
Out of Control Liberal Texas Prosecutor Targeting Gun Owners Who Happen To Be Soldiers At Fort Hood
http://usofarn.com/out-of-control-libera...fort-hood/
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Something very disturbing is going on in Bell County, Texas, home of Fort Hood, one of the largest military bases in the US. County prosecutor Ken Kalafut and local police have been arresting and prosecuting soldiers who exercise their second amendment rights. it is reported that Kalafut is a major anti-gun advocate who is said to have a portrait of President Obama hanging behind his desk.
In one incident Sgt.C.J. Grisham, was arrested for “rudely” carrying his rifle in the back country with his 15 year old son. Grisham’s firearms were confiscated despite the fact that he had a valid Texas concealed carry permit and was conducting himself in accordance with the law prior to his arrest. Grisham was originally charged with resisting arrest but that was later downgraded to a misdemeanor charge of interfering with a peace officer.
The Daily Caller has more on the exchange between Grisham and local police including video:
“In this day and age, [people] are alarmed when they see someone with what you have,” one of the officers tells Grisham in the video. “They don’t care what the law is.”
“When you alarm people, and they call us,” one of the officers in the video begins to say, after Grisham asks why the officiers failed to ask for his concealed-carry permit.
“And did you explain to them what the law is, sir?” Grisham asks.
“They don’t care what the law is,” the officer replies. Graham then shoots back, “Do you care what the law is?”
“In this day and age, they’re alarmed when they see somebody with what you have,” the officer replies.
“Just because a guy has got a firearm, he’s dangerous?” Grisham asks, drawing the reply, “Yes, sir.”
One of the officers tells Grisham he was “rudely displaying” the rifle.
Temple police, who did not respond to a request to comment for this story, said in a statement to the local press that Grisham refused to hand over his weapon when asked, forcing them to make the arrest.
Sgt. Grisham isn’t the only soldier to be harassed by local cops and prosecutors in the Fort Hood area. Iraq war veteran Nathaniel Sampson was arrested at a local hospital for carrying a concealed weapon inside. Mr. Sampson was following an ambulance carrying his wife who was suffering from a severe allergic reaction to medication when he entered the hospital with his concealed firearm.
Immediately inside the hospital, he was stopped by security and admitted that he was carrying a concealed firearm, for which he had a permit. Sampson was arrested by police inside his wife’s hospital room and then charged with unlawful carry, on the grounds that it is illegal to concealed carry in a hospital.
“I didn’t even have a chance to talk to her. I couldn’t even check on her status,” Sampson told TheDC.
“One of the officers said to my face that he was unsure about whether or not I could have the weapon. He told me he was going to go find out. Before he came back, they arrested me anyway,” Sampson said. “One of the officers then apparently walked back and antagonized my wife as I was going to jail.”
Staff Sargent Sampson would spend nearly a year clearing his name from the charge. Because the hospital didn’t post signs saying they didn’t allow concealed carry weapons Sampson wasn’t in violation of the law according to Texas statues. Prosecutor Kalafut wasn’t satisfied with that and tried to contented that Sampson was intoxicated at the time of the incident, which was a total lie and was proven to be so forcing Kalafut to drop the case.
It is very clear from just these two incidents that there are members of law enforcement and at least one prosecutor in Bell County, Texas who don’t like the second amendment, Texas’ concealed carry law, or the military.
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Out of Control Liberal Texas Prosecutor Targeting Gun Owners Who Happen To Be Soldiers At Fort Hood
http://usofarn.com/out-of-control-libera...fort-hood/
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Something very disturbing is going on in Bell County, Texas, home of Fort Hood, one of the largest military bases in the US. County prosecutor Ken Kalafut and local police have been arresting and prosecuting soldiers who exercise their second amendment rights. it is reported that Kalafut is a major anti-gun advocate who is said to have a portrait of President Obama hanging behind his desk.
In one incident Sgt.C.J. Grisham, was arrested for “rudely” carrying his rifle in the back country with his 15 year old son. Grisham’s firearms were confiscated despite the fact that he had a valid Texas concealed carry permit and was conducting himself in accordance with the law prior to his arrest. Grisham was originally charged with resisting arrest but that was later downgraded to a misdemeanor charge of interfering with a peace officer.
The Daily Caller has more on the exchange between Grisham and local police including video:
“In this day and age, [people] are alarmed when they see someone with what you have,” one of the officers tells Grisham in the video. “They don’t care what the law is.”
“When you alarm people, and they call us,” one of the officers in the video begins to say, after Grisham asks why the officiers failed to ask for his concealed-carry permit.
“And did you explain to them what the law is, sir?” Grisham asks.
“They don’t care what the law is,” the officer replies. Graham then shoots back, “Do you care what the law is?”
“In this day and age, they’re alarmed when they see somebody with what you have,” the officer replies.
“Just because a guy has got a firearm, he’s dangerous?” Grisham asks, drawing the reply, “Yes, sir.”
One of the officers tells Grisham he was “rudely displaying” the rifle.
Temple police, who did not respond to a request to comment for this story, said in a statement to the local press that Grisham refused to hand over his weapon when asked, forcing them to make the arrest.
Sgt. Grisham isn’t the only soldier to be harassed by local cops and prosecutors in the Fort Hood area. Iraq war veteran Nathaniel Sampson was arrested at a local hospital for carrying a concealed weapon inside. Mr. Sampson was following an ambulance carrying his wife who was suffering from a severe allergic reaction to medication when he entered the hospital with his concealed firearm.
Immediately inside the hospital, he was stopped by security and admitted that he was carrying a concealed firearm, for which he had a permit. Sampson was arrested by police inside his wife’s hospital room and then charged with unlawful carry, on the grounds that it is illegal to concealed carry in a hospital.
“I didn’t even have a chance to talk to her. I couldn’t even check on her status,” Sampson told TheDC.
“One of the officers said to my face that he was unsure about whether or not I could have the weapon. He told me he was going to go find out. Before he came back, they arrested me anyway,” Sampson said. “One of the officers then apparently walked back and antagonized my wife as I was going to jail.”
Staff Sargent Sampson would spend nearly a year clearing his name from the charge. Because the hospital didn’t post signs saying they didn’t allow concealed carry weapons Sampson wasn’t in violation of the law according to Texas statues. Prosecutor Kalafut wasn’t satisfied with that and tried to contented that Sampson was intoxicated at the time of the incident, which was a total lie and was proven to be so forcing Kalafut to drop the case.
It is very clear from just these two incidents that there are members of law enforcement and at least one prosecutor in Bell County, Texas who don’t like the second amendment, Texas’ concealed carry law, or the military.
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