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Having alcohol on ones breath does not quite rise to the standard of being physically or mentally impared.

A test would not be administered in this case regardless of when he was charged as this was not a DWI.

Great idea Scott but it has to come out of the purses of the people involved not out of the tax payers pockets or else it still won't stop.

Texas CHL forum says the trial is set for 01/28/13.

You know this poor guy has already gotten hammered under UCMJ isn't this going to be double jeopardy?

I have no idea how that works.

Killeen cops were pieces of chit back in the 70's and I am sure they have not improved any yet.


tom

I smell a rat there and bad LEO's.

This soldier has my support, I hope the charges against him will be dropped and that the cops - who enjoyed a cushier life than his - will have their fingers sharply rapped for harassing a good man instead of going after real criminals.

The officer was looking for trouble were non existed

It's a whole lot better in Texas to just consider hospitals off limits for carrying.I've yet to visit one that didn't have the required sign AT THE FRONT ENTRANCE.

I doubt the trial goes well for the soldier.

And that's a pity.

http://m.kdhnews.com/news/charges-d...15757c6-5add-11e2-bdff-0019bb30f31a.html

A Fort Hood soldier who was arrested and charged with a crime for bringing a concealed handgun into a local hospital had his charges dismissed.

Staff Sgt. Nathaniel Owen Sampson had a concealed handgun license when he brought his Springfield .45 into Metroplex Hospital�s emergency room March 30. State law prohibits concealed weapons from being brought to several places, such as convenience stores, bars and hospitals.

Through the legal wrangling that ultimately led to the dismissal of charges late Tuesday, Sampson and his attorney, Kurt Glass, maintained there was no notification on the doors of the hospital�s ER indicating weapons were prohibited when Sampson entered the hospital.

Glass said he took a picture of the doors in April and was prepared to show a blown-up photo projection of the doors at trial.

The doors have since had a sticker affixed to them indicating the illegality of bringing a weapon into the hospital, whether with a concealed handgun license or not.

Despite the dismissal, Sampson said he remained irritated with the Killeen Police Department over a lack of �education� shown by the officers who arrested him and how the charge placed his military career in limbo.

�It was a slap in the face,� Sampson said.

He had been a weapon liaison at Fort Hood, but after his arrest, his commanders stripped him of the additional duty title. �It put my character into question,� he said.

It also temporarily invalidated Sampson�s concealed handgun license, which should now be returned after some paperwork is turned over to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Sampson went to Metroplex Hospital shortly after midnight March 30 to check on his girlfriend, who is now his wife.

He had recently returned from a deployment in Iraq. That night the two had been drinking.

A police report stated his wife drank four bottles of wine, which led to a disturbance. Sampson called 911, and paramedics took her to the hospital. He followed in his car.

When he entered the ER, a security officer spotted a bulge under Sampson�s shirt and asked if it was a gun. Sampson told the officer it was. He was detained until police arrested him.

The Bell County Attorney�s office dismissed the charge for lack of evidence, court documents stated.

All that remains for Sampson now is to have his gun returned. It was a gift from his wife.

�I just want to get my weapon back and go on with my life,� he said.

Back in '92 my live-in girl friend got mugged outside our apartment in Sunrise FL. The ambulance took her and the cops showed up to question me. They GSR'd me and took my .45 into evidence. Afer signing my statement on the dining room table I asked the detective if he were done. He said yes and I reached under the couch cushion and pulled out a 38 super 1911, press checked it and stuck it in my waist band and said something to the effect of I had to get to Plantation general. he didnt bat an eye and just said to call him in the AM.
The next day I went to the Plantation Police Dept after lunch and retrieved my .45 with no problems.
No arrest, no trial, a handshake and a " heres your colt, have a nice day"

Good news. Bogus charge to start with.

I don't understand the logic behind "gun free zones" in hospitals or for that matter anywhere if you're a law abiding citizen. I've carried into hospitals many times because I forgot I was carrying until I got to the hospical entrance. I wasn't going to walk all the way back to the parking garage to leave my pistol in my truck. I pretty well carry everywhere except where they have metal detectors. I had jury duty a few years ago where one of our local gang bangers was on trial for attempted murder. During the trial the gang banger gave all us jurors the "evil eye" and his gang member friends who were there did the same thing. After we voted to convict and the trial was over one of the lady jurors was very scared and asked me to escort her to her car because she new I had a CHL. I did escort her to but told her my pistol was locked in my truck. We didn't have any problem but I was a little nervous because if something had happened we would have been defenseless even though we were right by a courthouse and jail full of cops.