GoTigersGo
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I just wanted your opinions on here. I read this site alot, but I don't post much.
I live in a small-ish town with little to no violent crime. A friend of mine left the hair salon on his motorcycle yesterday to head home. He lives about 1.5 miles from the salon. He was concealed carrying, and was pulled over by a deputy in our county. The deputy did not immediately get out of his vehicle, but commanded my friend to get off the bike, lay down on his stomach, and to put his hands on his head. My friend complied, and the deputy got out of his vehicle, drew his weapon, and put my friend in handcuffs. The deputy claimed he pulled my friend over because he saw my friend's gun on his side while on the bike. I'm not sure if the weapon was briefly displayed, or constantly displayed while on the bike due to the wind.
Anyway, the deputy accused my friend of brandishing a firearm...along with other basic police officer scare tactics. After my friend disagreed with him (my friend was not aware of SB 234, however) for a while, he was eventually let go, but told by the deputy, "I had better not see your gun again."
I would like to add that my friend does not have a recording of the encounter.
The questions I have are as follows:
Was this handled correctly by the deputy?
Does my friend have any recourse?
One of the scenarios that I was considering was that the deputy didn't know whether my friend was going to/from hunting, fishing, camping, or lawful target shooting as detailed in FL Statutes 790.25(3)(h), (j), and (k).
Thank you for your input.
I live in a small-ish town with little to no violent crime. A friend of mine left the hair salon on his motorcycle yesterday to head home. He lives about 1.5 miles from the salon. He was concealed carrying, and was pulled over by a deputy in our county. The deputy did not immediately get out of his vehicle, but commanded my friend to get off the bike, lay down on his stomach, and to put his hands on his head. My friend complied, and the deputy got out of his vehicle, drew his weapon, and put my friend in handcuffs. The deputy claimed he pulled my friend over because he saw my friend's gun on his side while on the bike. I'm not sure if the weapon was briefly displayed, or constantly displayed while on the bike due to the wind.
Anyway, the deputy accused my friend of brandishing a firearm...along with other basic police officer scare tactics. After my friend disagreed with him (my friend was not aware of SB 234, however) for a while, he was eventually let go, but told by the deputy, "I had better not see your gun again."
I would like to add that my friend does not have a recording of the encounter.
The questions I have are as follows:
Was this handled correctly by the deputy?
Does my friend have any recourse?
One of the scenarios that I was considering was that the deputy didn't know whether my friend was going to/from hunting, fishing, camping, or lawful target shooting as detailed in FL Statutes 790.25(3)(h), (j), and (k).
Thank you for your input.
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