By using this site, you agree to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Accept
Concealed RepublicanConcealed Republican
  • Home
  • Latest News
  • Guns
  • Politics
  • Videos
Reading: Texas Gun Rights Advocate Sues Tarrant County Over Commission Meeting Controversy
Share
Notification Show More
Font ResizerAa
Font ResizerAa
Concealed RepublicanConcealed Republican
  • News
  • Guns
  • Politics
  • Videos
  • Home
  • Latest News
  • Guns
  • Politics
  • Videos
Have an existing account? Sign In
Follow US
  • Advertise
  • Advertise
© 2022 Foxiz News Network. Ruby Design Company. All Rights Reserved.
Concealed Republican > Blog > News > Texas Gun Rights Advocate Sues Tarrant County Over Commission Meeting Controversy
News

Texas Gun Rights Advocate Sues Tarrant County Over Commission Meeting Controversy

Jim Taft
Last updated: July 9, 2025 7:29 pm
By Jim Taft 5 Min Read
Share
Texas Gun Rights Advocate Sues Tarrant County Over Commission Meeting Controversy
SHARE

The Supreme Court’s decision in the Bruen case was good in a lot of ways. One way that anti-gunners like, though, was that it did say that certain “sensitive places” could be gun-free zones. Those include places like courthouses.





So it’s unsurprising that many government centers are gun-free zones. You and I can’t carry in such a place.

However, like it or not, police officers and former police officers often get a different set of rules. I don’t think they should, but they do, and that’s simply what the law is. They can go places while armed, we can’t.

In Texas, a gun rights advocate is suing his county, among others, after he was denied entry into a county commission meeting because he, a former cop, had a gun.

A gun rights activist at the center of a pair of tumultuous Tarrant County Commissioners Court sessions in January has sued county officials in federal court over his detention and removal from the meetings.

C.J. Grisham, an attorney and gun rights activist from Temple, was detained at the Jan. 14 meeting when he attempted to enter the courtroom with a pistol. The disruption escalated to violence and resulted in the arrest of another man who filmed Tarrant County sheriff’s deputies and demanded their names and badge numbers.

Grisham, who argued he was legally allowed to carry a firearm in the court as a former law enforcement officer, was not arrested, but left voluntarily after Sheriff’s Office employees, including Sheriff Bill Waybourn, said he would not be allowed to return to the courtroom with his weapon. Grisham is a retired federal counterintelligence special agent.

Grisham returned to the commissioners court the following session on Jan. 28, when County Judge Tim O’Hare instituted a new decorum policy. He was removed for saying an expletive during his comments.

In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Fort Worth, Grisham claims his First, Second and Fourth Amendment rights were violated in those sessions. He is demanding punitive damages of $250,000, as well as attorney fees, compensatory damages to be determined by a jury and any other relief “as appears just and proper.”





Now, I’m not getting into him saying an expletive, but I’ll just leave it at how members of Congress are dropping f-bombs to members of the media as a matter of course these days and I find it kind of stupid to take an issue with a single one by a member of the public.

As for Grisham being armed, that’s in our wheelhouse.

My first thought was that maybe Grisham was one of those who think that waltzing around armed to push boundaries is a good thing, that getting the cops called on him is a win. Well, looking back at our archives, that’s not the case. He’s actually against that sort of thing, calling one such activist a “cancer.” He’s actually tried to push for a more sane way of normalizing the carrying of firearms.

While I’ve never talked to the man, it seems to me that he’s a sensible voice for gun rights in Texas. He’s not trying to be a poke in anyone’s eye just for the sake of being antagonistic.

If he’s a former cop, and I see no reason to doubt him, and Texas law allows him to carry a gun into a commission meeting, then yeah, he’s got every right to do so, and keeping him out is a violation of his civil liberties.





I hope he wins so big that they have to rename the county after him.





Read the full article here

You Might Also Like

Comedian Rachel Bloom discusses current environment for comics

Omar calls for assault weapons ban after Minneapolis school shooting

Vance casts tiebreaking vote to advance DOGE cuts after Republicans defy Trump

‘Great victory’ for free speech: Pro-Trump influencer convicted over memes talks vindication with Glenn Beck

Blaze News original: When fed-up teachers fight back against students who cross the line and physically attack them

Share This Article
Facebook X Email Print
Previous Article Grok goes from Nazism to spirituality in just a few hours Grok goes from Nazism to spirituality in just a few hours
Next Article Theater Nerd Takes Trump Blame Game To Delusional Level Theater Nerd Takes Trump Blame Game To Delusional Level
Leave a Comment

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

- Advertisement -
Ad image

Latest News

New Details on Deep State ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Against Trump Revealed by Devin Nunes [WATCH]
New Details on Deep State ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Against Trump Revealed by Devin Nunes [WATCH]
Politics
SHOCKED NOT SHOCKED: Washington Police Officers Helping Feds Prove That Bosses Juking Stats
SHOCKED NOT SHOCKED: Washington Police Officers Helping Feds Prove That Bosses Juking Stats
Politics
Despite Threats By Walz, No Special Session on Guns Today
Despite Threats By Walz, No Special Session on Guns Today
News
Assata Shakur and 6 more: A rogues’ gallery of leftist America’s heroes
Assata Shakur and 6 more: A rogues’ gallery of leftist America’s heroes
News
Stephen Miller rebukes a House Dem who blames fire on ‘extreme right’
Stephen Miller rebukes a House Dem who blames fire on ‘extreme right’
News
Remote Brutality 2025: Burpees For Everyone!
Remote Brutality 2025: Burpees For Everyone!
Guns
© 2025 Concealed Republican. All Rights Reserved.
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Press Release
  • Advertise
  • Contact
Welcome Back!

Sign in to your account

Username or Email Address
Password

Lost your password?