Jon Foster wrote:
I've had a Michigan issued CCW for many years. Maybe 20 or more at this point. And yes, I still call it a CCW.
CCW is an acronym, commonly used byLEOs and prosecutors,also meaningthe felony crime of unlicensed concealed carry of a weapon. One of the reasons for being precise and getting into the habit of calling it a CPL, and not a "CCW", is to avoid any potential for actual or claimed probable cause for a detention, arrest, or search. Here's how it could happen:
I'm OC'ing and approached by an officer who asks if I have a "CCW", or he asks if I have a "permit" and I respond "I have a CCW."If theofficer interprets, or claims later to have interpreted, "CCW" as meaning the aforementioned crime, then (in the officer's mind) you've created probable cause to believe you are a felon in possession of a firearm, by your own statement. You have then opened up the possibility of legitimately being detained, arrested, and searched.