wrightme
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Citizen wrote:
That statute didn't make it a law to present a CPL upon demand; it made it a law to present a CPL upon demand when required by law. It looks to me that some additional statute will be needed to show when it is actually required to present the CPL. Does additional statute delineate the times when a CPL must be presented?
Nothing in the statute you link provides for a PO to demand a CPL without RAS. It doesn't state when it is required to be shown.
Citizen wrote:
While the statute at first read appears to require presentation of a CPL to a PO, or to any other person upon demand, there is still a qualifier that seems to have gotten ignored. "When and IF required by law."Found it easy enough.
(b) Every licensee shall have his or her concealed pistol license in his or her immediate possession at all times that he or she is required by this section to have a concealed pistol license and shall display the same upon demand to any police officer or to any other person when and if required by law to do so.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=9.41.050
The statute does not require the LEO to first have RAS before demanding the CPL, like for example, a stop-and-identify statute might.
Unless there is case law saying the LEO needs RAS to demand a CPL,I'm thinking it would be smart to exhibit it.
That statute didn't make it a law to present a CPL upon demand; it made it a law to present a CPL upon demand when required by law. It looks to me that some additional statute will be needed to show when it is actually required to present the CPL. Does additional statute delineate the times when a CPL must be presented?
Nothing in the statute you link provides for a PO to demand a CPL without RAS. It doesn't state when it is required to be shown.