An Open Letter

LawDog

Staff Emeritus
Good evening, folks.

Today I would like to rant about a particularly irritating habit I've noticed developing amongst the horde of carpet-bagging, mouth-breathing, bunny-hugging, veggie-gnawing, mono-synaptic, close-minded dacoits who are tip-toeing through my fair State like a horde of lobotomized, politically-correct, apron-hanging rhinocerii.

You. Yes, you. The weasel with the organic hemp clothes, the questionable hygiene, and the index finger inserted knuckle-deep in your sinus cavities.

Listen to me carefully. I'll go slow:

Law and Order is a TV show. The Practice is a TV show. They are written by brain-burned colleagues of yours who have about as much understanding of Law as an amoeba has of a tesseract.

And here's the important part: The "laws" that Hollywood twists beyond all reason and sanity for the sake of drama are loosely -- very loosely -- based on New York laws. And California laws. Not, not I say, Texas law.

The next one of you invertebrates who tries to metaphorically beat me about the shoulders with a bastardized Hollywood version of a liberalized California Penal Code is going to get ridden out of the County on a rail. Covered with asphalt. And synthetic chicken feathers.

Write this down:

Texas does not have a law entitled "brandishing". And even if we did, carrying your rifle from your pickup to your house would not violate such a dumb-bunny law.

Texas does not have any laws concerning the carry of shotguns and/or rifles. Yes, he can carry his rifle over his shoulder as he walks down the farm-to-market road. Deal with it.

Texas does not have any laws concerning ammunition. It is not against the law to have loose ammo in your vehicle. Or your pockets. Or in the change plate at church.

Texas does not register guns. Period. Suck it up.

Texas does not have the legal term "assault rifle". It's a rifle. It's legal. Shut your pie hole and evolve into a spine.

Deputy Friendly will explain this to you once. Maybe twice. The third time he has to listen to your snivelling, whining, lying claptrap, he is going to turn into Deputy Irritated. This should be taken as a warning.

It should not be taken as a reason to refer to the Deputy as a "jumped up prison guard"; and I should warn you that threatening the Sheriff of a Texas County with the disfavour of a Mayor or a Chief of Police does usually get met with giggles.

If things were that great back whereverthehell you came from, why are you polluting my county?

We're happy with our laws. Texas laws have worked just fine for Texas. If we wanted the California garbage they call a Penal code, we'd have moved to California. If New York is that great, I-35 is that way. Leave your daughters at the state line.

Oh, Sam Waterson nothwithstanding, Texas Law does not require a Breathalyzer to arrest someone for Public Intoxication. And yes, we know what marihuana smoke smells like. And yes, being stoned on mota, standing on a public road, trying to tell a deputy sheriff that a man doesn't have the God-given right to carry his own damned rifle on his own damned property is pretty much a text-book definition of Public Intoxication.

*snarl*

LawDog
 
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LawDog,

Yeah, I hate it when the script writers reflexively assume that Kentucky as a gun registration law which happy homeowner has violated.

Do you have specific references which are annoying you?

Rick
 
LawDog, just give me the giggling fits, why don'tcha!

Got to love it. 'Sounds like the last of a breed. 'Don't have many of them left here in Georgia. The stain from Hotlanta is spreading all over the state.
 
Just cuff them up 'Dog and drag them back to our border; we'll take it from there. Sometimes they get away when we don't watch real close. I don't really mind them coming back - we all must do our part to help the hindered - but I just wish they couldn't vote. Soon you will wish this also.
 
I'm guessing that this wouldn't be a real good time to cruise through your county. Expecially in an old convertable, toking on a pipe, and sucking on Strawberry Hill. Probably wouldn't be best to say " what you want pig" :D when pulled over. The really sad part is it will get worse. Maybe having the person carrying his firearm on his own property should explain why he can to said idiot.
 
Dadgum, that's funny. Except . . .

In my younger, wilder days as a uniformed city cop in SC, I was particularly bemused by some of the "imports" we got from the northeastern section of the country, who, for whatever misguided reason, decided to become POlice in a southern hamlet. :confused:

One, in particular, stands out in my (fading) memory. He spoke with a NY accent that would make yo mammy cry, but was a decent enough fellow, for all that.

One evening, as we were patrolling neighboring territories, he radioed for backup. I arrived to find him with one of our fine citizens handcuffed, and pressed bodily across the hood of an ol' pickup truck. I rushed to his side, inquiring as to the nature of his distress. He smirked, and nodded toward the cab of the pickup.

"I pulled this guy over for speeding, and look what's in there."

I looked, then looked harder, but saw nothing amiss. So, I asked, "What are you talking about?"

He rolled his eyes and said, "You don't see that rifle? He admitted to me it's loaded!"

Well, I had seen the old Winchester M94, of course, but was actually looking for something illegal . . . I advised him, and he froze, looked back at me, and said, "Wait, let me guess; it's not illegal to ride around downtown with a loaded rifle on the seat beside you, in SC, is it?" :o

Me: "Well, to be honest, no, it's not illegal."

Him: "Uhhh, so now what do I do?"

Me: "Practice that little-known and rarely used legal procedure: the 'UN-ARREST'." :D

After he was allowed to stand on his feet, and uncuffed, I explained to the gentleman that my fellow officer was a Noo Yawker, who really knew no better, and should be cut some slack. The old guy stared at me for a minute, glanced over at my cohort, and cackled like a maniac. Shook his head, climbed back into his truck, and smoked off into the darkness.

Ignorant citizens? No problem. Ignorant fellow officers? Oh, man . . .
 
Strange Texas Laws-

Sorry all, thisn really doesn't stay with the spirit of Lawdogs post tho it does have to do with Texas State laws and enforcement..
I was just reading online the www.brownsvilleherald.com article of a teen arrested for fliping another citizen the bird :confused: Hmmmm?
 
Don't mess with Texas toast.

Sounds to me like your a little tweeked, but5 that's just my take on your rANT....

12-34hom.
 
I already knew why we love LawDog after 3716 posts.....
But scbair- We already like you alot after just 12!


Good humor is wonderfully therapeutic. Universal humor can change the world! Both fall into the second category.
Rich
 
Lawdog, yours is the first post that I have read since I discovered that TFL was back in business. As always it was well worth it. Thanks.

After almost 2 years in the wilderness, I have returned to TFL, and man is it good to be back among friends. :D
 
With just the smallest amount of luck, I'll be shaking the Kansas dust from my feet in the near future & moving back to the Lone Star State. Can't hardly wait. :D
 
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