Dreamer
Regular Member
With the announcements that TSA is now doing checkpoints on public highways in TN, and soon to set them up in other states, this brings up a VERY interesting and potentially deadly situation for people who carry for self defense--OC and CC.
In some states, (Like NC and OH) if you have a CC permit and are CCing, you have a statutory "duty to inform" any time you have an official interaction with an LEO. Most of us know what that means--Highway Patrol, State Police Sheriffs Deputies, local police, etc.
But since most TSA "officers" are purely administrative, and are NOT "sworn LE officers" and DO NOT have the power of arrest, do they qualify as "LEOs" under these state's laws.
Say for instance, you are OCing on your hip, and driving your car. You have a valid NC CHP. And you come up to a TSA "security checkpoint" on a public highway in NC.
Now, if this were a "sobriety checkpoint" being operated by the local Sheriff or the State Police, you have a duty to inform" as soon as you roll down the window and hand the LEO your DL and CHP.
But since TSA does not have the power of arrest, and are not sworn officers, it is arguable that they are NOT LEOs, and therefore not privileged to be "informed" that you are carrying like a real cop would be.
I just wonder what other people think. Let's get this one figured out folks--it's going to become a SERIOUS issue soon, and I'd hate to see an OCDO member get jacked by the TSA for violating a law that doesn't apply or even exist...
In some states, (Like NC and OH) if you have a CC permit and are CCing, you have a statutory "duty to inform" any time you have an official interaction with an LEO. Most of us know what that means--Highway Patrol, State Police Sheriffs Deputies, local police, etc.
But since most TSA "officers" are purely administrative, and are NOT "sworn LE officers" and DO NOT have the power of arrest, do they qualify as "LEOs" under these state's laws.
Say for instance, you are OCing on your hip, and driving your car. You have a valid NC CHP. And you come up to a TSA "security checkpoint" on a public highway in NC.
Now, if this were a "sobriety checkpoint" being operated by the local Sheriff or the State Police, you have a duty to inform" as soon as you roll down the window and hand the LEO your DL and CHP.
But since TSA does not have the power of arrest, and are not sworn officers, it is arguable that they are NOT LEOs, and therefore not privileged to be "informed" that you are carrying like a real cop would be.
I just wonder what other people think. Let's get this one figured out folks--it's going to become a SERIOUS issue soon, and I'd hate to see an OCDO member get jacked by the TSA for violating a law that doesn't apply or even exist...