I always get a kick out of this one, mainly because I want to "really" know if it is a defense to argue about "who" is entitled to determine if your intent was calculated to alarm???PC §42.01 makes "displays a firearm or other deadly weapon in a public place in a manner calculated to alarm" an offense.
Someone should remind someone like "Quannel X" (of Houston) that if he wants to strut around our streets again with armed guards sporting shotguns and rifles at the "ready" or "port arms" that I might be a person inclined to be alarmed next time I see that, and I would expect them to be disarmed and arrested for violating this section in the law...
But if its just a technicality, and not really an enforcable section of the law...
Sure does open all sorts of avenues, doesn't it??? Or maybe not...
Just thought I would interject this observation...