Okay -- point me to where you found $2,000 as the new threshold.  I'm looking at SB0091I	HCS CSSSSB 91(FIN) am H and it says $1,000.  (I'm not saying Im right. I may be looking at the wrong version)  Sec. 12.25.180. addresses when peace officer may issue citation or take person before the court (i.e. arrest). A person who does not furnish satisfactory evidence of identification, a peace officer believing the person is a danger to others, crime for which the person is contacted is one involving violence or harm to another person or to property (this addresses your gun claim), the person asks to be taken before a judge or magistrate, a crime involving domestic violence.