Get off my property

[ICantSpellDawg]

I wonder what sort of reaction the fellow might get if he decided to "excercise" his property and gun rights as the Presidential motorcade passed by? Cold slab, anyone?

Say what you want, but this is clearly wrong/stupid, and going out to your property line with a gun to in effect pick a fight will get your a$$ in big trouble, even in Texas. Hearing, but not seeing the gunshot, someone could make the assumption he was a threat and draw their own weapon ordering him to drop his, in which case you have a standoff with firearms. It is Texas afterall, and licensed concealed carry is common. This wasn't some sort of innocent act. Texas is quite tolerant of legitimate self defense, property defense, and firearms use. This is not an example of that.

Him getting a pass from local law enforcement in a small town in Texas...yeah, that's a real shocker.

where is the trouble?
i havnt seen any charges pressed

if he was acting within his rights then there is no problem here

some people seem to be arguing that even though he did it, seemed to have the legal right to do it where he was (on his property in texas) and has incurred no legal trouble from the action that he broke the law. he did not fire his weapon "across a public road" but rather across FROM a public road on his own property

if the protestors have been there for months and are affecting his ability to excercise his rights as a property owning citizen THAT would be an injustice

if firing his gun on his own property when a protest was not going on is ok and firing his gun when a protest IS going on is not - then months of a public protest that impedes his free excercise of his rights is not acceptable

i agree that this came close to breaking the law - but it did not break the law - the sherriff said so on national television - he isnt some endless authority figure - he answers to someone

and hasnt incured any wrath so far

i dont know - what does a lawyer think about this?