HardChrome
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I'm baffled that Virginia has made it mandatory that all front seat passengers wear seatbelts in a car. You can get a ticket for not wearing one BUT this is not a primary offense, meaning that if a LEO sees you driving in violation, he/she cannot stop you unless there is some other (primary) reason to stop you.
Compare that with open carrying of a firearm, something that is guaranteed in the state yet it is well known that it is often treated as a primary offense.
So how can something that is totally legal be treated so differently from something that is so illegal?
I'm baffled that Virginia has made it mandatory that all front seat passengers wear seatbelts in a car. You can get a ticket for not wearing one BUT this is not a primary offense, meaning that if a LEO sees you driving in violation, he/she cannot stop you unless there is some other (primary) reason to stop you.
Compare that with open carrying of a firearm, something that is guaranteed in the state yet it is well known that it is often treated as a primary offense.
So how can something that is totally legal be treated so differently from something that is so illegal?