Beware of the Government Eye on the Utility Pole
Rocky Joe Houston, and his brother Leon, do not like the government, and in particular do not like the police. In May 2006 the brothers shot and killed Roane County Deputy Bill Jones and his...
View ArticleCivil Case Against Police Officer Who Shot Unarmed, Compliant, 68 Year-Old...
Qualified immunity is generally the first defense invoked by a police officer when faced with a lawsuit alleging that he or she intentionally violated the constitutional rights of an individual. The...
View ArticleCell Phone Privacy Gaining Strength in Courts, Even for Probationers and...
In 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court in Riley v. California held that the police, acting without a warrant, generally may not examine digital information stored on a cell phone seized during an arrest....
View ArticleSCOTUS Adding Stun Guns to 2nd Amendment Precedent?
A stun gun is more commonly known as a Taser. It is a device or weapon from which an electrical current may be fired through wires with the ability to incapacitate, injured or even kill someone. In...
View ArticleWhat You Say on Facebook May be Used Against You
Whether or not Larry Recio on May 15, 2015 possessed a firearm was until March 8, 2018 an issue of contention. The contentious issue was resolved that day when the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals...
View ArticleAfter El Paso and Dayton, Will Gun Crime Consequences Increase?
The mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton which left at least 31 people dead reflect the escalating gun violence in the United States. Although not related, the attacks appear to be racially...
View ArticleTexas Laws That Gun Dealers Need to Keep in Mind Right Now
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, gun sales have soared. In Texas, the state’s Attorney General has deemed gun stores essential, meaning they can remain open even during stay-at-home orders. If...
View ArticleI Have a Texas Concealed Carry License, Where Can I Carry My Firearm?
The Texas Constitution protects a citizen’s right to bear arms—a right the state has the power to regulate where you can and cannot carry a gun as a matter of public safety and crime prevention. If...
View ArticleTexas’ Negligent Gun Storage Law May Hold Parents Liable
Gun accidents are always tragic, particularly when children are involved. Parents in West Houston recently discovered just how devastating these accidents can be – the hard way. Police reported that...
View ArticleGun Violence Grips the Nation as Texas Joins Wild West
A new law will make Texas the 21st state that allows people to carry firearms without a permit. The law takes effect on September 1. There is a reasonable fear that this new law will escalate the rate...
View ArticleTexas Gun and Drug Crimes Can Land You in Federal Court
Crimes committed in Texas sometimes become federal prosecutions. Generally when the federal government assumes jurisdiction over criminal cases the penalties and the actual amont of time spent in...
View ArticleAre You a Convicted Felon? Then You Can’t Have Firearms
A tragic set of circumstances recently unfolded in the Dallas area that involved guns – and it turned out the person who riggered the circumstances shouldn’t have had guns in the first place. A man...
View ArticleGun Violence and Use of the Federal Firearms Enhancement
This past February, Houston’s city officials allocated 44 million dollars to combat increasing violence in the state’s largest city. At a news conference announcing the allocation of the...
View ArticleDid TX Gun Rights Lead to Uvalde School Shooting?
One of the most heartbreaking moments collectively witnessed as a nation is the slaughter of innocent school children by a person with a gun. No doubt many families watched the events in Uvalde unfold...
View ArticleSCOTUS Recognized New Right That Applies Retroactively in Felon in Possession...
In 2013, a United Arab Emirates citizen named Hamid Mohamed Ahmed Ali Rehaif was admitted to the United States through a student visa to attend the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne. He was...
View Article“Rust” Prosecution Faces Serious Legal Hurdles
First District District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies publicly disclosed on January 19, 2023, that famed movie and television actor Alex Baldwin and Hannah Gutierrez-Reed will each be charged with two...
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