EMNofSeattle
Regular Member
So I was at the Puyallup fair the other day, and so I go to the Wash State Patrol exhibit and talk to a trooper, he notices my "TEAM GLOCK" hat and so the gun conversation starts, after a 2 minute talk about whether the Glock 19 is better then the Glock 30 I ask him about what he thinks of citizens owning weapons. here's what he had to say "I completely support concealed carry, every law abiding citizen has the right to keep themselves and their family safe from criminals" and so now here's the test, I ask "so what do you think of open carry?" he looks around to make sure the other officer wasn't in earshot and then lowers his voice and says "Yeah, I mean it freaks people out and I don't like causing other people to be fearful, but their fear is not reasonable and it is you constitutional right to open carry in public as long as you're not a felon" so I asked about contacts and he said "well i don't do contacts for OC as I'm not a local cop, but I would need some form of evidence outside the mere OC that the individual is a prohibited person or is about to commit a crime before i can stop them, we can always stop and get out of the car and ask what you're doing, but if he doesn't want to talk we can't force him too and we need probable cause to keep him there and investigate, so personally I would not and don't OC but it's not illegal nor should it be"
I would say he got just everything right there, I won't name him as I don't have have his specific permission to and I don't want to risk getting someone in trouble for talking political issues while in uniform.
I would say he got just everything right there, I won't name him as I don't have have his specific permission to and I don't want to risk getting someone in trouble for talking political issues while in uniform.