Legal Traps: Don't Become a Second Amendment Cautionary Tale (TX) - #2A
James Harden Arrest Shows Even Texas Gun Owners Face Legal Traps
James Harden Arrest Shows Even Texas Gun Owners Face Legal Traps
(Duncan Johnson, AmmoLand) - James Harden probably did not expect to become a Second Amendment cautionary tale, but that is exactly what happened after his arrest in Houston.
The Cleveland Cavaliers guard was arrested June 13 on a misdemeanor charge of unlawful carrying of a weapon after police reportedly found a handgun inside a vehicle he owned or controlled. According to reports citing Harris County court records, Harden was stopped by Houston police around 3:41 a.m., booked just before 5 a.m., and later released on a $100 bond. He is scheduled to return to court June 22.
The reported issue: police allegedly saw a handgun in plain view inside the vehicle, and the gun was not in a holster.
Texas is a constitutional carry state. Texans generally do not need a government permission slip to carry a handgun if they are legally eligible to possess one. Open carry is lawful. Vehicle carry is lawful. Yet Texas still has a technical trap in its law: a handgun that is in plain view in a motor vehicle must be carried in a holster. The state does not even appear to define what…
The article leaves out the fact that Houston is run by a bunch of radical Democrats!