Hemicuda
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I was driving my old Jeep, which has electrical "issues" and the exterior lights are funky...
a bad ground (now fixed) had developed, and the right blinker didn't work when the headlights were on...
I was pulling into a friends driveway, and the Michigan State Police Officer followed me in, lights on...
he walked up and asked for my operators license...
so, being a law abiding citizen, I told him "sure, but I also have a CCW and a loaded pistol"
he then smiled, and asked If I'd been at the bar... I said "No" (I had been at a friends shop, having my tattoo worked on) the officer then said "good, now, may I see your operators license?"
I told him it was in my back poket, and grabbed it... (door was open, so he could see me reach for my left butt pocket, and see that the gun was nowhere near that area - the gun was on the RIGHT side)
I got a verbal warning, and he never even looked at my CCW license or my gun... (I DID manage to make that blinker work, so he wasn't too inclined to ticket me)
THIS is the way officers should handle CCW permit holders...
and GET THIS... when I asked why my gun didn't seem to worry him, he said "if you are TELLING me about it, it is likely legal, and is also not a threat to him... and also, it's better if we BOTH keep our guns put away... less chance of a mistake, have a good evening, and fix that ground wire"...
cool officer, with a good head on his shoulders...
a bad ground (now fixed) had developed, and the right blinker didn't work when the headlights were on...
I was pulling into a friends driveway, and the Michigan State Police Officer followed me in, lights on...
he walked up and asked for my operators license...
so, being a law abiding citizen, I told him "sure, but I also have a CCW and a loaded pistol"
he then smiled, and asked If I'd been at the bar... I said "No" (I had been at a friends shop, having my tattoo worked on) the officer then said "good, now, may I see your operators license?"
I told him it was in my back poket, and grabbed it... (door was open, so he could see me reach for my left butt pocket, and see that the gun was nowhere near that area - the gun was on the RIGHT side)
I got a verbal warning, and he never even looked at my CCW license or my gun... (I DID manage to make that blinker work, so he wasn't too inclined to ticket me)
THIS is the way officers should handle CCW permit holders...
and GET THIS... when I asked why my gun didn't seem to worry him, he said "if you are TELLING me about it, it is likely legal, and is also not a threat to him... and also, it's better if we BOTH keep our guns put away... less chance of a mistake, have a good evening, and fix that ground wire"...
cool officer, with a good head on his shoulders...