Follow-up: Open Carry Texas plans rally to teach Ector sheriff 'a lesson'

In a video posted last week, Open Carry Texas Vice President David Amad said the group will return to Odessa and teach Ector County Sheriff Mike Griffis “a lesson” following the arrests of some group members for carrying guns outside a West Odessa bar.

Six men were arrested earlier this month after openly carrying rifles in a lot adjacent to Big Daddy Zane’s. They said they were supporting the owner, who opened against Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive orders. She was also arrested for violating those orders, as was another employee.

Griffis said in a press conference the day after the arrests that the presence of Open Carry Texas was meant to intimidate law enforcement and that the men were not there to exercise their Second Amendment rights.

Now, members of Open Carry Texas are planning to return to Big Daddy Zane’s and hold a second rally on June 6, according to a Facebook event and video posted on YouTube.

Read more: https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Open-Carry-Texas-plans-rally-to-teach-Ector-15287756.php
(Midland Reporter-Telegram)

Earlier thread:
Bar owner calls in 'armed vigilantes' to protest Texas coronavirus restrictions -- and she joins them
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