strife1013
Regular Member
A few weeks ago during the weekend my girlfriend and I were walking around Manitou Springs (I live in Colorado Springs) and I was stopped by a police officer because my firearm was halfway concealed. I have a CCW permit so I took it out and showed it to him. He didn't have an issue with it however he tried to call it in to make sure that it was valid and he said they couldn't find it in the system. He said he believed I had one because he was holding it in his hands and make a long story short we left without incident.
That following Monday I called El Paso concealed carry department and told them of the incident and asked why I wasn't in the system. She told me that each Sheriff that issues permits gets to decide if he wants their names in the national database and Terry Maketa has decided he doesn't. So long story short anyone who got their permit in El Paso county does not have their name in a national database.
While I think this is a good idea I also can see the bad in this. What if I was stopped by some overzealous police officer that decided that my permit was a "fake" and I was arrested? Sure the case would be dropped by a judge; I have no worry about that. I am worried about the loss of time, the arrest, and the embarrassment that comes with all that, which means there would be a law suit if I were ever arrested legally carrying a firearm. Even worse it seems the police, well that one at least was not aware of that law and this worries me, our police are not being properly trained.
Thoughts, comments??
That following Monday I called El Paso concealed carry department and told them of the incident and asked why I wasn't in the system. She told me that each Sheriff that issues permits gets to decide if he wants their names in the national database and Terry Maketa has decided he doesn't. So long story short anyone who got their permit in El Paso county does not have their name in a national database.
While I think this is a good idea I also can see the bad in this. What if I was stopped by some overzealous police officer that decided that my permit was a "fake" and I was arrested? Sure the case would be dropped by a judge; I have no worry about that. I am worried about the loss of time, the arrest, and the embarrassment that comes with all that, which means there would be a law suit if I were ever arrested legally carrying a firearm. Even worse it seems the police, well that one at least was not aware of that law and this worries me, our police are not being properly trained.
Thoughts, comments??