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Surrender your handgun in a traffic stop?
Toster:
I had a cop take the bullets, a half full box of .45's TAP's. I found this rather odd. I had a 1911 stored safely, no mag with the gun, and no round in the chamber. Showed my permit, and he asked where the gun was. I said inside driver?s door stored safely. Then he asked if he could keep it for the stop. I said ok (a bit puzzled, ???!), how do you want to proceeded, have me hand you the gun, or open the door to allow access to the gun? He had me open the door, and he took the gun out of the case, safety on, so he struggled for a bit to pull back the slide (I was getting a kick out of that, knowing it was safe) then I mentioned the safety was up and he would have to push the little lever down to be able to work the slide to see the clear chamber. So he did that, saw it was clear, gave it back to me, and took the box of Hornady TAP's that were there by the gun.
The stop went ok, I got a warning for speeding. It was a LPO officer.
ghknives:
Sounds like he kept the bullets and didn't give them back. Did he indicate why he was keeping them or give you a receipt?
DaveB:
I have been in two DOT stops, informed the officer both times. Both times I was thanked for telling them. They never asked for the gun or the permit either time. But, I will stay away from Omaha and Lincoln, I just can't see taking the chance there, my money is good anywhere else in the state.
Argue with a cop or EMT about taking your gun just once, you will never see it or another one again.
Toster:
He did give the bullets back at the end of the stop. Another time, the CCW permit saved my bacon! We got to BSing about guns, and gave me a verbal warning for ~70+ in a 40 (on a bike)! Most of the stops the officer is cool. Just let them know right away when they walk up.
Most scary, I was with two buddies and we had class 3 stuff in the back of a Land rover. He got pulled over, and a range bag of brass had spilled all over the back. We were out shooting in SW NE I bet we had ~10 long guns (if you consider a bull pup a long gun) and 8 or so handguns. Needless to say the cop was a little out gunned. The stop went ok the buddy got a warning for failure to signal a lane change. Not knowing if I needed to inform the officer I did. I was pretty nervous handing the state trooper my permit, and not knowing if he was going to check each and every gun. I could just see the three of us, cuffed and stuffed with a whole layout of guns on the hood of the cruiser while he called them in to check the stamps!!
20nickels:
^^^^ sounds like a situation a friend went through. He was returning home from a KS gunshow in his Reg cab sized pickup and was pulled over. Passenger side was stacked with all manner of firearms long and short. Officer shined the light through the cab, said slow it down and walked off. ;D
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