The right to disarm you !

If he had asked me for my gun...
I would ask him if he really wants me to put my hand on it??
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:rolleyes:

Every LEO I know asks where the gun is and then says to leave the gun RIGHT WHERE IT IS!! :cool:

THINK ABOUT IT! If I am a danger to the officer... then why in hell would he want me to put my hand on my LOADED gun and draw it???

Holy S**t!! That would be stupid as hell! :p :p :p
 
I have not been stopped since I began carrying, but I do not believe I would be offended or feel violated if I were asked by the officer for my weapon for the duration of the traffic stop. I work with a lot of LEO's in my job (Police Vehicle Engineering) and although every profession has its bad apples, the vast majority of officers are just like use: they want to do a good job, hopefully help protect society in general, against violators in particular, and go home to their family and loved ones at night.

Dick Cupka
 
There are good cops and bad cops. There are also dumb cops or not so common sense cops. There are also cops who like to pull the rank stuff or big shot on normal citizens. You name it and there's one or a few in every law enforcement departments. Example: Not all attornies are smart, right?
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Indeed.

I've shot with enough policeman that my primary anxiety in handing my gun to one is that he would accidently shoot me or himself, or both.
 
Two buddys are driving across the country, well they're speeding through Mississippi when a cop pulls them over. The cop walks up to the window and taps it with his flashlight, "License and registration please", the driver pauses a second and looks in the center consel when *WHAP* the cop hits him in the head with his flashlight and tells him "Here in Mississippi we have our driver licence and registration ready" the driver apologizes and contiues to look for it. The cop makes his way over to the passenger side of the car and taps on the window and right when the passenger rolls the window down *WHAP* the passenger rubs his head and say's "What the he** was that for!?!?", the cop says "I was makin your wish come true", "My WISH?!?"he asks, The cop says "Well if I would've let Ya'll leave without hitting you once I went down the road youd've told your buddy; Man I wish that cop would've pulled that sh** on me"
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Now I have to but a new key board.
 
I have been pulled over twice with my permit, neither time was i carrying. One guy asked if i was carrying, when i said "no" he dropped the subject, the second time, he didnt even ask.

If i was asked, of course i would hand it over. My concern at that point is how is he going to treat my expensive firearm, i am quite picky about them and try to keep them scratchless, if he were to somehow scratch it, i would let him know i wasnt happy about it.
 
It's the officer's right to take your firearm while he is doing his business. Don't tell a LEO you have a firearm unless he asks, that's the easiest way to avoid the situtation.
 
No violation!

The officer was not out of line.

Police and deputies need some discretion to help insure their personal safey. To the officer, the driver was a stranger with a gun.

Not every stop involves a sobriety test. So, the officer may have had a very good reason to ask for the weapon.

If the driver would have refused to turn over the weapon, things may have turned out badly for the driver or officer.

All of your information is second hand.
 
In some states you have to tell the officer. Just be calm and go with the officer. If latter, you want to complain - go do it.

Or you can posture on the Internet!
 
Don't tell a LEO you have a firearm unless he asks, that's the easiest way to avoid the situtation.

Um, not always....

Not always . . . how?

In Minnesota we don't have to disclose anything to them unless they ask. If they do you of course have to inform them, and how they handle the situation is up to them. If they want to draw down on you and have you exit the car and lay in the slush face down in the road shoulder, that's up to them.
 
Not always . . . how?
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Wayne, I was referring to the fact that some states have different laws regarding must notify LEO. If you live in a state which does not require you to notify, ( and I see that you do ) then I guess it comes down to personal choice.
 
That's sad that you have to do that in some states.

I get people in work all the time from other states and other countries where they don't have the rights they do here and I feel bad for them.
 
There seems to be few people actually reading this thread... :rolleyes:

It has been stated clearly that there is a difference between the right to do something and the authority to do something... :rolleyes:

LEO's MAY have the authority to do many things...
They do not have "rights" which trump your rights... :p

They may, however, have the authority to ask you to draw and relinquish your LOADED weapon... after all, it is their "right" to be stupid... :D
 
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Thank you Pointer.

I get tired trying to bring that up every time it occurs. One would like to think that people on a gun board, in a forum that discusses Legal, Political and Civil Rights topics, that those in the discussion knew the difference between a right and an authority.

People have rights. Governments, and government actors, have powers and authorities. Full Stop.
 
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