ShooterMcGavin
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I was driving home at about 1am on Saturday night. I passed by a patrol car, stoppedin the right lane of two lanes in my direction. He turned around to drive away and then turned around again to follow, me as I stopped at a light. A hundred feet up the road his lights came on and he pulled me over.
Having just been out with friends, I had earlier taken my gun-in-holster from the trunk and put it in the front seat next to me as I drove. I just didn't fee like putting it on at the time (cold holster). When I was pulled over, I was nervous that the officer might see the gun in the passenger seat and it would become a life-or-death, gun-drawn scenario (on his part). As I pulled over, I discretely put my gun on the floor directly in front of my driver's seat.
He came up to my window and told me that he pulled me over because my license plate light was out. My hands were in plain sight on the top of the steering wheel. He asked if I had any weapons. I told him there was a gun on the floor in front of my seat. He requested that I exit the car and I did what he asked. He brought me to the rear of my car, placed me in handcuffs, and had me sit on the bumper of the cruiser. He was polite and repeated several times that he is doing this for his safety. He also stated many times that he supports the rights of law-abiding citizens carrying guns. He asked for my info verbally and called it all in. My info came back clean (of course) and he got confirmation that I have a valid CPL. He never asked to see either my WADL or CPL. He then went to my car, took my gun, and put it in my trunk. I was released from handcuffs. He thanked me several times for my cooperation and told me to fix my license plate light. He said he was out "hunting" for people who are illegal in some way. I knew what he meant. I did not argue with the cop or resist/protest in any way. Even though it was freezing and I was shivering at the end of the encounter, I believe he was within his rights to do what he did.
Here's where he went outside of his duties.... I got home and went to the rear of my car. I have not 1 but 2 lights over my license plate. BOTH of them were working properly and have also been working consistently since that night. I'm thinking he had no reason to pull me over and made the story up. I was pulled over about 6 months ago, also after midnight, about 50 feet away from that spot for another BS reason (that cop said it looked like I took a corner fast, but I was driving normally).
The economy is bad and I think cops are "hunting" (as he put it), searching for anybody breaking any tiny law to raise tax revenue. Pisses me off.
I was driving home at about 1am on Saturday night. I passed by a patrol car, stoppedin the right lane of two lanes in my direction. He turned around to drive away and then turned around again to follow, me as I stopped at a light. A hundred feet up the road his lights came on and he pulled me over.
Having just been out with friends, I had earlier taken my gun-in-holster from the trunk and put it in the front seat next to me as I drove. I just didn't fee like putting it on at the time (cold holster). When I was pulled over, I was nervous that the officer might see the gun in the passenger seat and it would become a life-or-death, gun-drawn scenario (on his part). As I pulled over, I discretely put my gun on the floor directly in front of my driver's seat.
He came up to my window and told me that he pulled me over because my license plate light was out. My hands were in plain sight on the top of the steering wheel. He asked if I had any weapons. I told him there was a gun on the floor in front of my seat. He requested that I exit the car and I did what he asked. He brought me to the rear of my car, placed me in handcuffs, and had me sit on the bumper of the cruiser. He was polite and repeated several times that he is doing this for his safety. He also stated many times that he supports the rights of law-abiding citizens carrying guns. He asked for my info verbally and called it all in. My info came back clean (of course) and he got confirmation that I have a valid CPL. He never asked to see either my WADL or CPL. He then went to my car, took my gun, and put it in my trunk. I was released from handcuffs. He thanked me several times for my cooperation and told me to fix my license plate light. He said he was out "hunting" for people who are illegal in some way. I knew what he meant. I did not argue with the cop or resist/protest in any way. Even though it was freezing and I was shivering at the end of the encounter, I believe he was within his rights to do what he did.
Here's where he went outside of his duties.... I got home and went to the rear of my car. I have not 1 but 2 lights over my license plate. BOTH of them were working properly and have also been working consistently since that night. I'm thinking he had no reason to pull me over and made the story up. I was pulled over about 6 months ago, also after midnight, about 50 feet away from that spot for another BS reason (that cop said it looked like I took a corner fast, but I was driving normally).
The economy is bad and I think cops are "hunting" (as he put it), searching for anybody breaking any tiny law to raise tax revenue. Pisses me off.
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