Tell me how crazy I am?

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Lets see:

You know the park is a high risk area in your town at night. In fact, you stated that you've encountered problems there before.

You know that it is illegal (felony) for you to carry without a permit.

You choose to go go out at night into an area you know to be dangerous.

You choose to willfully disobey the law and carry a firearm.

You carry in a manor that would be obvious to most police officers that you have a gun. (I don't care who you are, carrying a 1911 on the hip while riding a bike will print.)



Simple test: Would you feel safe going into this area at night without a gun? If not, then DONT go into with one. Especailly one that is carried illegally.
 
I can tell you that I've actually been stopped while riding my bike just because I looked suspicious because I was in a "predominantly African American community" (ya, that was actually the reason they stated for stopping me :barf:), and they just about lost it when I handed over my license and CHL. 4 squad cars and 6 ****** off cops spent about 45 minutes trying to figure out what I was REALLY up to and where I was hiding the brick of coke or whatever - I'm not really sure what they were thinking.

Needless to say, had I not had a CHL, I would have been up the creek w/o a paddle... Get a CHL. I also live in Texas, and they will think it's a big deal and you will go to jail.

Oh, and get rid of the 1911 for riding - wtf? That's what pocket pistols are for...
 
Didn't realize I was bragging, thought I was actually asking a question, of which some people are actually answering.

How old am I? How old are you? If your asking because "I am riding my bicycle in a park" the bicycle is a team issued multi thousand dollar bike used in professional racing and I used to be semi-pro myself, bicycles are not just for little boys.

So what if they check my PC there is nothing on here.

1911 can go in a holster on the outside that does not interfere with movement of the legs, anything in my pockets does get in the way, I pulled my shirt over it so I don't know if that would count as concealed or not - I support open carry for this reason, I think only the very few would strap on a weapon and walk around say starbucks or try to go to the mall, but the law would greatly benefit people like me, I think requring a CHL to open carry probably is not a bad idea at all.

I've been to the park at least 30 times with no problems except one night (dog was a seperate night), its not in a bad area or known for its problems if it was I would stay out, like I said sometimes trouble finds you. I've even ran into trouble at a regular gas station, a man tried to steal my bags just as I paid for them right off the counter, instinctivly I grabbed them right back not thinking, this dude was huge and obviously under some kind of chemical influance, for a few moments I thought the situation was going to turn very ugly (I was not armed). Guess I should avoid gas stations too.

If thats all there is to it, is to stay in safe places at all times then why do any of you carry? Just stay in a safe place at all times and you don't have to worry, right? Well if that is the argument then CHL should be illegal along with all hand guns because all they do is give you an excuse to go into dangerous places? come on folks get real, people have been murdered in a McDonalds as well as parks at night thats why people carry.

So I am a thug because I have carried illegal, wow, ok whatever, guess you have a different def. of thug than I do. Guess you don't speed, run red lights, tailgate people, park illegally, you don't cheat on your taxes, cause thats all illegal too and that would also make you a thug. Thugs that carry, do so with intent to do harm. Amazing I passed a few people in the park and I didn't feel the need to stop and harrass them or rob them or anything, guess as a thug I kind of suck at it.

When I posted I epected some flames due to the nature of the question and the sensitivity of the internet, but some of these responses are, well, I just can't beleive I'm a thug now too :cool: I need to go shopping for some new cloths and get some tattoos now, then my transision to the dark side will be complete! Get real, it takes more than doing something illegal to become a thug, I speed every day too so even if I don't carry I'm a thug right? oh oops I posted that I speed on the internet...

Thanks to everyone that answered my post, I will get a CHL sooner than I had planned, and to everyone else thanks for some spice to keep the thread from going boring.
 
FYI...

Here's the relevant portion of the law to you.

§46.02 Texas Penal Code:

"(a)A person commits and offense is the person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carries on or about his or her person a handgun, illegal knife, or club if the person is not: (1) on the person's own premises or premises under the person's control; or (2) inside of or directly en route to a motor vehicle that is owned by the person or under the person's control......

"(b)Except as provided by Subsection (c), an offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.

"(c)An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree if the offense is committed on any premises licensed or issued a permit by this state for the sale of alcoholic beverages."

With all due respect: You're breaking the law. Don't do it anymore. Get legal or stop. If you're caught, you'll actually help the anti-gunners out there by becoming another illegal wepaon statistic.
 
felons can't own guns. By carrying a gun without a permit, you are a felon. If you are caught, no LEO in their right mind would let you get away with what you are doing. The police where I live take gun related crime extremely seriously! The reason that laws exist in this country is so that people will follow them. What gives you the right to decide for yourself which laws really apply to you? It's people like you that give the rest of us law abiding gun owners a bad rap. Plus, not getting a CCP is just lazy. There is no good reason to risk going to prison over this. And yes first time gun offenders can be sent to prison, and very often are. Also, you really shouldn't advertise that you can't follow simple laws over the internet, that's almost as dumb as committing felonies.
 
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