doseyclwn
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Richmond, VA
So I'm driving to a restaurant late tonight when I run into a sobriety checkpoint. The reason this was interesting is that it was the first time I had been pulled over since I have started carrying my Norinco 9mm. As soon as I saw that's what it was, I unloaded the pistol, put it up on the dash and put the magazine in my shirt pocket. Also, I am always a little wary around LEO's because I choose to look like this.
We pull up to the checkpoint. I tell my passenger to put his hands on the window. I do as well, saying "I don't want to alarm you, officer, but I have a firearm with me". In any case, they yelled "We got a firearm", and told me to drive up with one hand on the wheel. The cop I pulled up to didn't know I had a firearm and wanted me to get my registration. I said "Wouldn't you rather remove the firearm first, sir?". He took it and told me to pull over to the side. I did so. He asked my friend if he had any weapons on him, which he did not. He then wanted me to get out of the car, and he wanted to search it. I told him it was fine. He searched it, then said I could get back in the car, that they were gonna check the gun and me out. At this, two of my friends walked up, so we talked until the cop came back. He gave me the gun back and asked why I carried a gun, was I scared? I said that basically, I was a firm believer in the 2nd amendment, and I was excercising my right to do so. I mentioned the VCDL. He claimed not to know who they were, but I noticed when I mentioned that, the questions stopped. He thanked me for my cooperation and said I could go.
So I'm driving to a restaurant late tonight when I run into a sobriety checkpoint. The reason this was interesting is that it was the first time I had been pulled over since I have started carrying my Norinco 9mm. As soon as I saw that's what it was, I unloaded the pistol, put it up on the dash and put the magazine in my shirt pocket. Also, I am always a little wary around LEO's because I choose to look like this.
We pull up to the checkpoint. I tell my passenger to put his hands on the window. I do as well, saying "I don't want to alarm you, officer, but I have a firearm with me". In any case, they yelled "We got a firearm", and told me to drive up with one hand on the wheel. The cop I pulled up to didn't know I had a firearm and wanted me to get my registration. I said "Wouldn't you rather remove the firearm first, sir?". He took it and told me to pull over to the side. I did so. He asked my friend if he had any weapons on him, which he did not. He then wanted me to get out of the car, and he wanted to search it. I told him it was fine. He searched it, then said I could get back in the car, that they were gonna check the gun and me out. At this, two of my friends walked up, so we talked until the cop came back. He gave me the gun back and asked why I carried a gun, was I scared? I said that basically, I was a firm believer in the 2nd amendment, and I was excercising my right to do so. I mentioned the VCDL. He claimed not to know who they were, but I noticed when I mentioned that, the questions stopped. He thanked me for my cooperation and said I could go.