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Citizen wrote:
How did you make the jump from voluntarily tell a cop you are armed to the cop not having any "authorization" to search your car?
You are going off an a tangent while the rest of us are having a discussion about informing if you are armed or not.
Stop beating your war drums and trying to do battle. It is not necessary here. :lol:
Citizen wrote:
And if there is no requirement (by law or otherwise) to tell then it is simply optional!! Enough said.LEO 229 wrote:Its a little more than optional, fellas.SNIP We always appreciate if you tell us you are armed. In Virginia it is optional...
Its more than just the fact that there is no law requiring you to declare that you are armed.
Its constitutionally protected by the 4th Amendment.
No court opinion of which I am aware has yet authorized a police officer to just up and automatically search you or your vehicle at the outset of a traffic stop just to find out whether you are armed when there was no reason to suspect the same.
Of course the government agents appreciate when we waive or ignore the rights put in place to restrict them. Of course they do.
How did you make the jump from voluntarily tell a cop you are armed to the cop not having any "authorization" to search your car?
You are going off an a tangent while the rest of us are having a discussion about informing if you are armed or not.
Stop beating your war drums and trying to do battle. It is not necessary here. :lol: