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Carry in vehicle with non CHP-passengers
RLMoeller:
It belongs to everyone in the vehicle because of Brad Ashford. I believe it was LB63 that made this change. The reasons cited above regarding Omaha gangs prompted Ashford to push for this change.
This is one of those laws that is also only selectively enforced. I had an occasion where I was stopped and had a handgun in the glove box AND had a passenger in the vehicle. I notified, as required, and was asked where the gun was. The OPD officer did not ask anything of the passenger.
I'm sure there are many possible reasons why.
ILoveCats:
Thanks!
Mntnman:
My plan is to put it in plain sight and unloaded before pulling over. I will tell them it is there, also. I won't be carrying concealed at that point.
Gary:
Lets assume you and your wife both have a CHP, and you decide to get a little more comfortable by removing handgun from Concealed Carry to console carry. I personally am not comfortable with a loose handgun outside of a holster, loaded, out and about, exposing the trigger. If your custom is to move your handgun about from place to place, throughout the day, get a holster, that stays on the gun.
This is one choice I use for Concealed Carry. It is a DeSantis Mad Max leather holster. So comfortable, you do not need to remove it. However, if you do wish to take your gun off, undo two snaps, and the gun and holster, as one unit, comes off nice and easy. Goes back on easily as well. The snaps are directional, so pressure from the loops against your belt, cannot undo the snaps. Great product! The holster snaps, not being over the gun itself, reduces the thickness of the unit, making for a more comfortable day. The wide stance of the leather belt loops, also makes for a stable and secure nesting between two pants loops on your trousers, and keeps the holster in one place..
Gary:
As pointed out in this thread, it is up to interpretation of the contacting officer, what avenues he (they) want to walk down once the traffic stop takes place. What makes a traffic stop go bad, is anything that will make the officer uncomfortable, especially if the uneasiness is due to a fear for his personal safety. No officer wants to get shot.
Once the officer sees you are a valid CHP holder, he knows he has pulled over a person that has passed an FBI background check. That lowers his fears a great deal, and will put most officers at ease.
For constitutional carry folks, having a gun in plain sight, not concealed, does not tell him he pulled over someone that passed an FBI background check. The presence of a gun in the vicinity of a vehicle driver and passengers, will make for an uneasy police officer. While you may be in your rights, to possess a handgun in this fashion, I advise against it, because of the stress it imparts to the officers working the traffic stop.
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