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Voter wearing pro-gun shirt turned away
by Kevin Reece / KHOU 11 News
Posted on February 21, 2014 at 11:34 AM
Updated today at 11:34 AM
HEMPSTEAD, Texas -- Chris Driskill is a staunch supporter of the 2nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. But this week he found out that his pro-gun support cannot be proudly proclaimed on his clothing if he wants to cast a ballot at the Waller County Courthouse or any other Texas voting location.
Driskill, employed as a private security guard in Houston, went to the Waller County Courthouse in Hempstead on Tuesday to cast his early-voting ballot in the Republican Primary. He was wearing a black T-shirt with a logo on the front and back that says “2nd Amendment – America’s Original Homeland Security.” "I heard a gentleman's voice over my shoulder say ‘he can't vote with that shirt on. You'll have to either turn it inside out our you'll have to leave,’” Driskill said of the polling place encounter.
Driskill says he thought maybe the polling place staff was either anti-gun, liberal, or over-reacting.
(FUll text of the article can be read at the above URL)
Sort of like throwing a woman out of the polls, because her act of voting is a visible demonstration of support for the 19th amendment.
Can these people get any crazier?
No, as the article said (which of course you left out) This is why he was removed
Quote:
But Driskill was not being stopped by supposed liberal, anti-gun election workers. He was being stopped by workers enforcing Texas Election Code section 85.036. The rule states that “during the time an early voting polling place is open for the conduct of early voting, a person may not electioneer for or against any candidate, measure, or political party in or within 100 feet of an outside door through which a voter may enter the building or structure in which the early voting polling place is located.”
There was no measure on the ballot about the 2nd amendment, or any other gun issues.
He was removed because the more ignorant among us regard guns as a political issue.
In the same way, some regard the word "N I G G A R D L Y" as something to do with skin color or race.
They're wrong on both counts.
The man violated no laws and did nothing wrong.
From the story:
The Republican Primary ballot includes a proposition asking for a yes or no vote on expanded support for the 2nd Amendment and the places where a concealed weapon can be legally carried.
He wasn't campaigning or promoting any candidate, measure, or political party.
The ACLU should be all over this, but they are selective about civil rights therefore disingenuous.
He was promoting 2nd Amendment gun rights. There was a measure on the ballot regarding 2nd Amendment gun rights.
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