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First traffic stop while carrying tonight

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daleemt:
I guess I don't see the big deal, if you are carrying or not simply tell the LE you have the permit.

candlewax20:

--- Quote from: daleemt on March 28, 2013, 09:14:20 AM ---I guess I don't see the big deal, if you are carrying or not simply tell the LE you have the permit.

--- End quote ---

Yea its pretty simple.  If your carrying your firearm leave it be when you are pulled over. Inform the LEO of your permit and location of your gun. Proceed from there...

depserv:
I've been pulled over a few times and told the officer I had a permit and I was armed and it never was a problem.  One time though it was the second thing I told the officer instead of the first thing (the first thing being an answer to a question he asked), and he got mad at me because as he put it, it was supposed to be the first thing out of my mouth, which I thought was a little Barney-Fifish of him.  But he had been sitting at the bottom of a long steep hill with his radar on and pulled me over going 5 or 6 over, so it looked to me like he had a chip on his shoulder to begin with.

depserv:
Based on things I've heard and read, I think criminals pretending to be police offices is probably more common than a lot of people realize.  I doubt many of them have actual uniforms and badges though, but some probably do.  In fact I read an article awhile back about ICE uniforms being made in Mexico, and one problem with that was that some of the uniforms made were known to have fallen into the hands of criminal gangs; I doubt this happens only with that one type of uniform.

So the idea that law-abiding citizens are supposed to be totally submissive in the presence of anyone claiming to be a law enforcement officer can have bad consequences.  I would say that if someone claiming to be a plain-clothed officer especially tries to disarm you or get you into his car or come into your house or something you should call 911 and tell them to send a uniformed officer to verify that the guy really is what he claims to be.

depserv:
Don't be stupid in how you tell the officer.  For example, don't say "I have a gun!"

Don't say "I have a license to exercise my Constitutional right to bear arms, and am currently exercising that right, and if you want to question that right, I have a copy of the Constitution right here with me."

What I usually say is something like this: "I'm required to tell you that I have a concealed carry permit, and I'm carrying now."  Then if he asks where I'm carrying I tell him (rather than showing him).

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