Neplusultra
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Citizen wrote:
He has no reason to suspect you are armed unless you tell him. Does the law allow him to assume that because you have a CHP ???
Citizen wrote:
One, you have to show the CHP, but if you said you did not have it because you were not CCing what could the officer do???T Dubya wrote:SNIP This was clearly wrong. How should I handle this?
Formal,written, harshcomplaint.
With a bit of ridicule thrown in.
As mentioned by theposter above, once demanded, you hadto supply the CHP. You were under no obligation to answer any questions about location (5th Amendment), but since US vs Baker[sup]1[/sup] pretty much lets the cops seize guns during a traffic stop, you might as well have told him where the gun was, or risk being ordered out thevehicle and the vehicle searched.
So, the main point of the complaint will be to slam home thelack of a duty to notify in VA.Maybe also write a little letter to the editor of the New Market newspaper to embarrass them into being a little more professional.
1. US V Baker http://pacer.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinion.pdf/955287.P.pdf
He has no reason to suspect you are armed unless you tell him. Does the law allow him to assume that because you have a CHP ???