Texas is known for its gun culture, and state laws allow gun owners to carry their weapons in public. The Dallas police chief, who is black, urged people upset about the conduct of police to consider joining his police force. 'SIMPLY MISTAKEN'Rick Briscoe, legislative director of gun rights group Open Carry Texas, said Brown was "simply mistaken" in viewing armed civilians as a problem. Brown did not explicitly call for gun control laws, but said: "I was asked, well, what's your opinion about guns? "If the police officer comes on the situation and he says: 'Police, put the gun down,' the good guy does.

Source: dna July 12, 2016 04:52 UTC