eye95
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I spotted this video clicking a link in another thread. It was braggadociously titled "Klamath Falls Police school kid on open carry." I didn't see any schooling on OC. I saw a discussion (in which no one was schooled) on whether a firearm "looking" fully automatic constituted RAS.
I wouldn't think it does for the simple reason that fully automatic firearms are so hard to come by, are very expensive, and almost all of those available on the civilian market are so old that the do not look much like today's "modern sporting rifles." Even discounting the near impossibility that the firearm was fully auto, stopping the person because his firearm looked like it might be fully auto is as weak a saying that the person looked like he might commit a crime.
Furthermore, since it apparently would have been lawful in that jurisdiction (what State?) for him to carry a fully auto as long as he has the appropriate license, even if you assume that the firearm is clearly fully auto, would, in this case, wondering whether the person has the license for his current activity be similar to stopping a driver just to check his driver's license?
This stop doesn't pass the smell test. What do you guys (especially you lawyers out there) think? Did this officer have RAS for the stop? I say no.
I wouldn't think it does for the simple reason that fully automatic firearms are so hard to come by, are very expensive, and almost all of those available on the civilian market are so old that the do not look much like today's "modern sporting rifles." Even discounting the near impossibility that the firearm was fully auto, stopping the person because his firearm looked like it might be fully auto is as weak a saying that the person looked like he might commit a crime.
Furthermore, since it apparently would have been lawful in that jurisdiction (what State?) for him to carry a fully auto as long as he has the appropriate license, even if you assume that the firearm is clearly fully auto, would, in this case, wondering whether the person has the license for his current activity be similar to stopping a driver just to check his driver's license?
This stop doesn't pass the smell test. What do you guys (especially you lawyers out there) think? Did this officer have RAS for the stop? I say no.