hometheaterman
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Ok basically this is what happened. It wasn't a horrible experience just not something I want to happen again.
Before I start this I will say the police officer was very nice the whole time as was I to him. This is also 100% my fault as I asked if he needed to see the gun.
Anyway, I got pulled over the other night for a vehicle modification that was not legal. It was just improper equipment ticket not a speeding ticket or any other crime. When The officer was walking up to the vehicle I had my windows rolled down with my hands out as did the other person in the car to make sure he could see my hands. The rear windows are fairly dark. Anyway, I then stuck my head out the window a little and told him that I just wanted to let him know that I was carrying. I was open carrying a gun in there. I just said carrying though and as he got to the window and looked in he asked if I had a permit. I told him no I was open carrying and in VA you didn't need one for that. He said he knew and that was fine. I then asked if he needed to see it and he said yes. Here is where the slight issue started. I handed it to him and he tried to unload it outside my door. He started trying to yank the slide back. Did this several times only to not have it move. I told him you have to have the safety off before the slide will go back and that he should probably also take the magazine out first. If you don't take it out it will just load another one into the chamber and being as it had 17 rounds in it that would have been a hassle. I'm not sure what he was thinking as he didn't take the safety off and kept yanking on the slide. Finally I reached down and pointed to how you take the magazine out then the safety. He finally after messing with other things and yanking on the gun got it unloaded. He then just kept opening and closing quickly the slide a few times. I didn't have a problem with that but I had a problem with how he kept yanking it trying to get it to move when it's not made to move when the safety is on. This made me afraid he was going to break it but so far I haven't seen anything broken. I haven't shot it yet since then though. I was also expecting to see the gun go off any second the way he was messing with it trying to get it unloaded. It had the safety on so it didn't go off. The person with me made the comment to me that it didn't look like he had ever shot a gun much. This was just not something I want to see happen again as if it had gone off being in a well populated parking lot would have not been a good thing and I also would not have liked it well at all had he broken something on my gun that was not exactly a cheap gun.
Now my question is in the future if they ask to see it do I have to give it to them if the reason I'm stopped is non related to the gun? I know I walked into this by asking if he needed to see it and I more than likely wont ask that again but if they tell me they need me to hand it to them which I suspect he would have had I not said that do I have to give it to them? I'd have no problem unloading it for them but after seeing that I'd rather not give it to them to do who knows what with trying to unload it.
The only other time I've been stopped with it was in one of the road check things not actually pulled over and I asked if he needed to see it and they told me no. I talked to them for a few minutes but it just never was a issue. He asked why I had it but was super nice and told me he didn't need to see it.
Ok basically this is what happened. It wasn't a horrible experience just not something I want to happen again.
Before I start this I will say the police officer was very nice the whole time as was I to him. This is also 100% my fault as I asked if he needed to see the gun.
Anyway, I got pulled over the other night for a vehicle modification that was not legal. It was just improper equipment ticket not a speeding ticket or any other crime. When The officer was walking up to the vehicle I had my windows rolled down with my hands out as did the other person in the car to make sure he could see my hands. The rear windows are fairly dark. Anyway, I then stuck my head out the window a little and told him that I just wanted to let him know that I was carrying. I was open carrying a gun in there. I just said carrying though and as he got to the window and looked in he asked if I had a permit. I told him no I was open carrying and in VA you didn't need one for that. He said he knew and that was fine. I then asked if he needed to see it and he said yes. Here is where the slight issue started. I handed it to him and he tried to unload it outside my door. He started trying to yank the slide back. Did this several times only to not have it move. I told him you have to have the safety off before the slide will go back and that he should probably also take the magazine out first. If you don't take it out it will just load another one into the chamber and being as it had 17 rounds in it that would have been a hassle. I'm not sure what he was thinking as he didn't take the safety off and kept yanking on the slide. Finally I reached down and pointed to how you take the magazine out then the safety. He finally after messing with other things and yanking on the gun got it unloaded. He then just kept opening and closing quickly the slide a few times. I didn't have a problem with that but I had a problem with how he kept yanking it trying to get it to move when it's not made to move when the safety is on. This made me afraid he was going to break it but so far I haven't seen anything broken. I haven't shot it yet since then though. I was also expecting to see the gun go off any second the way he was messing with it trying to get it unloaded. It had the safety on so it didn't go off. The person with me made the comment to me that it didn't look like he had ever shot a gun much. This was just not something I want to see happen again as if it had gone off being in a well populated parking lot would have not been a good thing and I also would not have liked it well at all had he broken something on my gun that was not exactly a cheap gun.
Now my question is in the future if they ask to see it do I have to give it to them if the reason I'm stopped is non related to the gun? I know I walked into this by asking if he needed to see it and I more than likely wont ask that again but if they tell me they need me to hand it to them which I suspect he would have had I not said that do I have to give it to them? I'd have no problem unloading it for them but after seeing that I'd rather not give it to them to do who knows what with trying to unload it.
The only other time I've been stopped with it was in one of the road check things not actually pulled over and I asked if he needed to see it and they told me no. I talked to them for a few minutes but it just never was a issue. He asked why I had it but was super nice and told me he didn't need to see it.