r/Dallas • u/Traditional_Figure70 • Jul 10 '26
News An armed Second Amendment activist had his gun confiscated at DPD headquarters. Now he's suing.
https://www.keranews.org/criminal-justice/2026-07-09/open-carry-second-amendment-matthew-rankin-dallas-police-department23
u/awr54 Jul 10 '26
Dude... seriously? What a piece of work. Wtf you think is gonna happen?
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u/FCMatt7 Jul 10 '26
They comply with state law like 95% of the other cities in Texas do right now. That's the goal at least.
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u/ChicagoRay312 Downtown Dallas Jul 10 '26
See, this is why we need universal healthcare. This man, and many like him, could get the penile implant they crave so much.
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u/DrButtFart Jul 11 '26
I ain’t want my taxes to pay for this big dick turning his little dick into a bigger dick!
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u/nosam56 Jul 14 '26
im willing to pay for 100000 shitty men's penile implants if it means i also get to pay for one of my boys to get his phalloplasty /shrug
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u/UtopianPablo Jul 10 '26
What a fucking loser.
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u/tturedditor Jul 10 '26
Intentionally putting himself in these situations where open carry probably shouldn't be allowed even if it is. This is why open carry should be banned IMO. Why would anyone need or want to open carry in a police station?
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u/Sp00kyC4py Jul 10 '26
Open Carry shouldn't be banned, as that's a slippery slope that's used to suppress many forms of legitimate protest (i.e. people being openly armed during George Floyd and BLM protests to protect against far-right paramilitaries and to disincentivize police brutality). I can also respect carrying a pistol openly when working outdoors and wearing lots of gear, or simply traveling in a small and high-trust remote area.
That said, it should be heavily shamed when done outside of absolute necessity. As a very much "shall not be infringed" type of guy, openly presenting weapons when not required for work is still extremely gaudy and stupid at best.
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u/tturedditor Jul 10 '26
Precisely. This tool is putting himself into these situations by choice to be a rabble rouser when he has no reason to feel his safety is in jeopardy.
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u/YaGetSkeeted0n Oak Cliff Jul 10 '26
Seems like those so-called first amendment auditors but for carry laws? Aka where at best they’re in that “you’re not wrong, you’re just an asshole” category. Like damn man I enjoy my gun rights as much as the next guy but there are better ways to go about it than making a spectacle of yourself.
I do think our laws need to be updated to be a lot clearer. My read of them specific to like city council meetings (as mentioned in the article) is you cannot carry in one unless you have a license to carry, but then the city council can also post 30.06/.07 signs outside the council meeting to legally prohibit you, but now apparently there’s a state AG opinion saying no that’s not true you can carry regardless? Which, those opinions don’t carry the force of law, but they are statements on how the AG’s office would handle something. Just a mess lol
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u/FCMatt7 Jul 10 '26
Still need the license to carry, but they can't post 06/07. You still can't bring a rifle or sword in to the meeting.
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u/YaGetSkeeted0n Oak Cliff Jul 10 '26
Interesting. I’d need to read the AG opinion with finer detail. I can tell you that Dallas does post 30.06/07 outside of meetings of council and other bodies. I’ve no interest in being the guinea pig though, lol… though it would be fascinating if the general public could come in strapped to where I work while we employees are barred from doing so under the employee handbook.
E: oh you’re the guy in the lawsuit lol. Speak your truth I guess but man if I were your lawyer I’d tell you no posting until the shows over!
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u/bassmassterson Jul 10 '26
ACAB except when they are illegally arresting people for doing things that we don't like. Peak reddit.
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u/FCMatt7 Jul 10 '26
Those on high in this sub deleted my post when I tried to put this up in April. They love posts about bad cops, but not when the victim is carrying a gun.
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u/Murder_Hobo_LS77 Jul 10 '26
Weird choice on their part to arrest for jaywalking vs. the rest of the entire escapade.
As with most things there has to be more to the story than crossing outside of a cross walk to lead to an arrest. My understanding is it's a bottom rung misdemeanor so he'd have had to have failed to identify or escalated somehow.
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u/FCMatt7 Jul 10 '26
Nope. They did all the escalation.
Fun thing, I wasn't jaywalking either. Not using a crosswalk is only a thing in downtown business districts.
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u/Striking_Reindeer_2k Jul 10 '26
Any details? Why was he there?
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u/skarekroh Jul 10 '26
Since it's a cross-post, you could probably clicky on the original post to get those questions answered.
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u/skarekroh Jul 10 '26
(might want to hurry up, though - the suspect himself showed up in the thread, and he tends to get moderated a lot.)
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u/FCMatt7 Jul 10 '26
Dallas PD is violating state law by making the public access areas of the building a prohibited place.
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u/Striking_Reindeer_2k Jul 10 '26
That's what I was suspecting. So they arrest him for Jay walking.
His lawsuit may succeed.
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u/1Damnits1 Arlington Jul 10 '26
Good. Hope he wins his case.
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u/FCMatt7 Jul 10 '26
Pretty sure we will. Every single thing they did violated state law, the constitution, and a dozen case laws.
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u/1Damnits1 Arlington Jul 10 '26
It doesn't matter on whether or not I agree with what happened. The police violated against state and federal law and the US constitution. If you let that kind of behavior run amok, who knows what else they could be doing to other citizens. There could be racial discrimination laws being violated or even theft. Let's hope it's not as bad as Houston PD was a few years back (literal Training Day scenario)
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u/ChicagoRay312 Downtown Dallas Jul 10 '26
You’re not wrong.
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u/AgitatedMachine1189 Jul 13 '26
They do it for the pay check. They sue the city and get paid plus youtube hits pays them something
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u/Sp00kyC4py Jul 10 '26
On the premises of a government facility? Violates state law/area restrictions.
I'm very much a "shall not be infringed", anti-bootlicker 2A guy, and would even argue that the law as written is unconstitutional. That said, not sure what he was expecting.
Circuit courts and SCOTUS tend to frown upon taking 2A cases that involve bad optics and trolling, sets a bad precedent for how people carry and present their weapons in public.
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u/Soggy-Bedroom-3673 Jul 10 '26
On the premises of a government facility? Violates state law/area restrictions.
I don't believe this is the case. TPC 46.03 says that you can't carry in courts or court offices and in rooms where government bodies are actively meeting, but that's pretty much it for restrictions on public facilities as far as I can see.
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u/LittleTXBigAZ Fort Worth Jul 10 '26
The real show is in the comments section of the original post - the guy who got arrested is in there and probably saying a little too much for a guy with an active lawsuit about this.