$2,000 fine, no jail time for C. J. Grisham in AR-15 open carry case

By Bob Owens | 10:30 PM | November 21, 2013

Master Sergeant Christopher “C.J.” Grisham has been sentenced to pay a $2,000 fine and will receive no jail time for the offense.

The jury in the gun rights trial of Fort Hood Msg. Christopher Grisham has found him guilty of his misdemeanor charge.

After just two hours of deliberating, the jury ultimately found Grisham guilty of interfering with police duties when he refused to turn over his AR-15 rifle to Temple police officer Steve Ermis this past March.

Grisham plans to appeal the verdict.

Bob Owens is the Editor of BearingArms.com. Bob is a graduate of roughly 400 hours of professional firearms training classes, including square range and force-on force work with handguns and carbines. He is a past volunteer instructor with Project Appleseed. He most recently received his Vehicle Close Quarters Combat Instructor certification from Centrifuge Training, and is the author of the short e-book, So You Want to Own a Gun. He can be found on Twitter at bob_owens.