PAXTON FILES SUIT AGAINST WALLER CO. OVER CARRY LAW
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed suit against Waller County, over the state’s licensed-carry laws.
Paxton's filed the suit Tuesday, requiring the county to allow citizens to carry firearms in the Waller County Courthouse, in areas that contain non-judicial county administrative offices, such as the county clerk, county treasurer and county election offices.
Paxton says that while the state's licensed-carry law allows government entities to exclude guns from the portion of a building housing an office utilized by a government court, treasurer offices and election offices do not qualify for that exclusion.
Waller Co. District Attorney
Waller Co. District Attorney Elton Mathis issued a press release Tuesday afternoon, questioning what he says is Paxton’s unwillingness to cooperate with the county’s quest to have the courts decide the issue.
Mathis states in his release that, “We as a County have sought to have the law clarified by the courts (as it should be) to protect the rights and duties of all citizens.”
Mathis goes on to accuse Paxton of seeking to, “…penalize another branch of government for not bowing to big government and his interpretation of the law.”
Paxton filed a similar suit recently against the city of Austin, which claims its city hall is a government court.
90% of all mass shootings occur in “gun free” zones…..
So the guy who keeps suing the Obama administration because he doesn’t want big brother telling the state what to do……Hypocritical
You’d be singing a different tune if he were suing the county over voter rights, police brutality or some other suppression of individual rights. The hypocrite label goes both ways.
I have a CHL and stay low profile because I have it when I need it. But, I am amazed at how many people are so obsessed with making sure they can carry here and carry there. It is almost fanatical. This is how the term Gun Nuts was coined. Does it really matter that you carried in a court house, I think not
Why don’t you just cut that LTC in half and save yourself some money and aggravation. Yes, it does matter where you are legally allowed to carry. You should know this of you took the class. This rogue DA deciding he knows better than state lawmakers, and the Attorney General quite frankly should concern everyone. Do you want to be the unlucky defendant in a proceeding because he decided you broke his law?
What I am saying is, people have become obsessed with every single little place to be able to carry. I dont know what all of the reasoning was behind this case, so I cant comment on that part. It just one day I see, such and such food store wont let me carry.. Lets riot. Such and such food place wont let me carry.. lets riot… I mean for the most part, I hope it never comes to need to carry a gun into the piggly wiggly on a daily basis.. The problem I have is that people have become obsessed with the conceal / open carry. I am more afraid of these idiots sometimes with the way they act than I am the real bad guys. reminds me of weekend warriors sometime.
The fact of the matter is state law defines what part of a court house you may or not carry. Mr. Mathis has decided that he knows better than state law clearly states and that he is not going to follow the law. Think about that. A District Attorney, sworn to follow the law, thumbs his nose at it. Would you as a defendant want this guy prosecuting a case against you when he has no regard for the rule of law?? Is that a legal and financial risk you can handle?
When have any open or concealed activists rioted?? If you equate the exercise of peaceful demonstration for or against the issue to rioting and feel threatened, then as Thomas Jefferson said, those who would sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither. We “gun nuts” have fought long and hard to get concealed and then open carry, and we did not storm the Legislature with a hail of bullets, but did it with ballots.
Your choice of not to carry is yours. Your choice of where to live, where to work, what to drive and where you buy groceries is yours. And as long as I am not taking any of that away from you, I’d appreciate you not taking my rights away.
Well Mr. District Attorney, what are you griping about???!! You say you wanted the Courts to decide the matter, and so you shall have it! Why do you think the county is getting sued? It’s just too bad you can’t be held personally liable for some of the legal fees that the citizens are going to have to shell out when you lose.
Our Washington County Judge and Commissioners resolved this problem last year by removing the No Firearms signs at the main entry doors. I’ve concealed carried legally since then in our court house building numerous times to get tax info and renew license tags. Now they need to get off the stick and remove the paragraph on page 14 of the employee handbook and allow county employees with their LTCs to carry on the job! Hint, Hint JB…
Hey JB……………………………………..are you listening?