MSG Laigaie
Campaign Veteran
Is a TN DL tied to the database that shows you have a CCW permit? In MO, they run your DL and they know if you have been issued a CCW, called M.U.L.E.S.
Do you have to have a license to CCW in a car in TN? If so, you are not exercising your right, you're exercising a privilege.FYI - unfortunately, in OH, CCW in a vehicle is a privilege.
I run a scanner in the daytime at home. The calls are some of the best comedy on the airways today. I hear traffic stops all the time for various reasons and when dispatch answers you may hear quite a bit of information. Name, warrants, suspensions, and that the registered owner has a CPL. In Washington, like Ohio, a CPL is required to be inside a vehicle (or on a motorcycle) even if you open carry. Open carry is the default method of carry here, no permit required unless you want to do something special, like hide it or use a vehicle.
Herself got a speeding ticket the other month. She was concealed (due to fashion) and I was Open Carrying(not for fashion). The LEO knew we were armed, but that was not the issue so it did not even come up. cool
Would I offer this information (if it were not required by law)?? Not on your life! Why stir the pot when it is not needed. Some people get very, very nervous around us because they have been trained to fear us. I heard my Deputy Chief tell me during a meeting that her LEOs were trained to equate "gun = bad guy"
Much Blood involved in the Document. Citizen made exceptional points about the Fourth Amendment. It is up to us, as individuals and a group, to defend/support it at all times. And that includes something as minor as a traffic stop. We stand at Freedoms Gate everyday, Defend it.