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class="cell w-8 main_column"> <article class="last"> <header> <h1>Police Chiefs: Open Carry "Handcuffs" Law Enforcement</h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150630003543/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/morgan-smith/" rel="author">Morgan Smith</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 27 May 2015 14:36:49 -0500" title="2015-05-27 14:36"> May 27, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150630003543/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/27/police-chiefs-provisionl-handcuffs-law-enforcement/comments/"><span class="value">37</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <aside> <ul class="social_links"> <li class="comment"> <a href="/web/20150630003543/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/27/police-chiefs-provisionl-handcuffs-law-enforcement/comments/" title=""> <i class="icon-comments-alt"></i> <span>Comment</span> </a> </li> <li class="republish"> <a 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Royce West, D-Dallas, right, on Feb. 12, 2015, at the Texas Capitol." class="lightbox"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150630003543im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/02/12/UP9A0924_jpg_312x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo and Austin Police Association President Kenneth Casaday speak with state Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, right, on Feb. 12, 2015, at the Texas Capitol."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150630003543/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/02/12/UP9A0924_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo and Austin Police Association President Kenneth Casaday speak with state Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, right, on Feb. 12, 2015, at the Texas Capitol." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Marjorie Kamys Cotera</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo and Austin Police Association President Kenneth Casaday speak with state Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, right, on Feb. 12, 2015, at the Texas Capitol.</div> </div> <p>Texas police chiefs are urging Gov. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150630003543/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/greg-abbott/">Greg Abbott</a> to veto legislation repealing certain handgun restrictions in Texas if lawmakers do not remove a controversial provision the chiefs fear would allow criminals to carry firearms without repercussions. </p> <p>If the provision stays on the bill, the only responsible thing for Abbott to do would be to veto it, Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo said at an impromptu news conference organized as the legislation faces what could be a final vote in the House on Wednesday. "You can't be the party of law and order and not listen to your police chiefs," he said. </p> <p><span style="line-height: 1.35;">At issue is language added to House Bill 910, the bill allowing licensed Texans to openly carry handguns, that limits the power of law enforcement to ask those visibly carrying to present their permits. Opponents say that provision amounts to a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150630003543/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/22/after-one-more-gun-fight-open-carry-passes-senate/">backdoor effort</a> to repeal licensing requirements for handgun-toting Texans altogether. </span></p> <p>The provision has support from some Democrats who say it would help prevent racial profiling, as well as conservatives who say it is necessary to protect Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable searches and seizures.</p> <p>Flanked by about a dozen law enforcement leaders from around the state, Acevedo said Wednesday that the legislation would "handcuff" police officers, endangering both them and the communities they protect. </p><div class="ad_container ad_container--adify"> <div class="ad adunit mobile tablet standard" data-adunit="TexasTribune_Content_StoryPage_InsideStory_468x60"> </div> </div> <p>"It absolutely allows criminals to carry a gun with impunity," he said. </p> <p>Stripping the language from the measure at this stage in the legislative process would have to happen in conference committee, meaning House lawmakers would have to refuse to concur with Senate amendments to the bill.</p> <p>As of Wednesday afternoon, that appeared unlikely to happen. 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