Derrick Poe was charged in late December '13 for openly & legally carrying his AR thru the Parkdale Mall to his tactical store.
The local uniformed thugs confiscated his rifle for thier "investigation" of the legally carrying the weapon in a "threatening manner".
Beaumont Police Sgt. Rob Flores told the Houston Chronicle that Poe turned himself in on Friday after the district attorney’s office issued a warrant for his arrest. The mall incident occurred on Dec. 28. Flores said authorities got calls from shoppers who said they were “very afraid,” “terrified” and “thought they were going to die.”
OMG...the horror of someone able to protect themselves and others who will not shred your Liberties.
Now there is a new twist...
The ownwer of a hobby store in the mall saw questioned the mall owners after they threw up the 30-06 signage (no weapons allowed shit here in Texas). They owners, a Ohio company, said if you don't like our decision then leave the mall.
There was also a substantial decrease in traffic and sales at her store and other stores as the public protests the mall's decision.
“This was like a knee-jerk reaction, and all of a sudden the signs came up, no warning to tenants, no warning to customers, nothing,” says Cherilyn Mitchell of Remote Control Hobbies. “On average, we write about 150 tickets a day and we're down to just 2 tickets per day,” she says. “So, because of the protest that's going on, we're losing business, and we're not the only merchant that's losing business in this mall
So leaving the mall is what she is doing no matter the cost.
There is now a 2A rally planned in Beaumont on 18JAN14 to show support of Derrick Poe and stand up to those who infringe.
It will be at Gander Mountain parking lot from 1100-1400.
Try to think about this in the context of the "sheeple" at the mall, Ja? Virtually all of them are not "gun culture" people, re: gun culture people have a tendency to not, gravitate to the mall. While I unreservedly support the mans' right to carry a long gun in the open, per Texas law, you know damned well what the response of people will be when you carry a long gun in the open there. I hope for the day where we have Constitutional Carry, concealed or not, any gun, anywhere, anytime. But until that time, you know what the response of the cops will be, and their mindset, as well as the average citizens. Great, he made his point, not so great, he lost his gun, and might have hell to pay to get it back, and likely he'll be charged with something. If the idea is to keep doing this, peaceful Ghandi style, and keep forcing it into the public view, with men and women sacrificing themselves to further the cause, fine. Get the gun community on line with it, state the aim, (I'm assuming Const. Carry, any gun, anyplace, anytime), and have the folks lined up to put it on the line, and publicity and all that. One at a time, here and there, now and then, all it's doing is portraying ourselves as just a little bit nutty, and scaring people INSTEAD of getting them on board. I've already been to a couple of these in Texas, and we're not moving the ball forward, we're just popping up now and then in the news, and with the media one way, and the masses another, and us still another, you get the idea. Without direction and a clear cut strategy, this will fizzle out into another, "Yeah, remember when?" thing in our past that garnered no joy. We're wasting time, and we're wasting energy. And we're not going to have these opportunities forever.
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ReplyDeleteThe mall was private property and he had no right to carry there, simple as that. If you want to protest someone's right to prohibit the carrying of weapons on their property I support your right to do so.
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