SouthernBoy
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I don't get stopped by LEO's for genuine traffic violations.. at least not since April, 1971. I have been stopped a few times in error, and then there is the occasional "inspection" checks that the state police put up from time to time.
I have yet to be asked to surrender my weapon or even to put it somewhere where it will be semi-reachable. However, it has been my experience so far that officers are very appreciative of citizens telling them up front that they are carrying a firearm. And this seems to be for several reasons. First is the obvious.. they don't like surprises any more than anyone else of the dangerous variety. But there is also the positive and genuine report that will exist when we tell them we are armed.
I respect the opinions of those who chose not to divulge their armed state, I tend to weigh each individual encounter and proceed accordingly. I like to put myself in their shoes and imagine how I might feel and respond.
Still there are those officers who, for whatever reason, just seem to defy the supreme law of the land and question a citizens rights to the point of outright defiance. Those people do not gain my respect but do gain my legal retribution.
I don't get stopped by LEO's for genuine traffic violations.. at least not since April, 1971. I have been stopped a few times in error, and then there is the occasional "inspection" checks that the state police put up from time to time.
I have yet to be asked to surrender my weapon or even to put it somewhere where it will be semi-reachable. However, it has been my experience so far that officers are very appreciative of citizens telling them up front that they are carrying a firearm. And this seems to be for several reasons. First is the obvious.. they don't like surprises any more than anyone else of the dangerous variety. But there is also the positive and genuine report that will exist when we tell them we are armed.
I respect the opinions of those who chose not to divulge their armed state, I tend to weigh each individual encounter and proceed accordingly. I like to put myself in their shoes and imagine how I might feel and respond.
Still there are those officers who, for whatever reason, just seem to defy the supreme law of the land and question a citizens rights to the point of outright defiance. Those people do not gain my respect but do gain my legal retribution.