Carrying Concealed Without ID

[Kenneth]

Soooo...If I win the Glock 43 that some local LEO's are raffling off to help one of their own with medical expenses, should I take a stand for truth, justice, and the 'merican way and refuse to show my ID in order to complete the transaction?

 

[larry_minn]

If you have your gun on you. You should have ID as well as any permits you have. Even if not required to have a permit in that area. Showing you have it to LEO on request (with ID) SHOULD help them to consider you not a threat. (compared to person with gun they see who says "I ain't got to tell you nothing pig" Or "2nd amendment" in Gomer Pyle "citizens arrest" voice.

 

[MoscowMike]

I think you can have a polite relationship with the police without letting them assume more authority than they should have. Ran across this quote the other day, which bears on the subject -

Police, at all times, should maintain a relationship with the public that gives reality to the historic tradition that the police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full-time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence.

- Sir Robert Peel

He founded the Metropolitan Police Force in London, and is the reason they are called Bobbies.

 

[coondogger]

"So - how is an officer supposed to know if you are legally barred from carrying a firearm if you don't have any ID or don't want to show it? "

He doesn't. But in this country there is an assumption of innocence. And technically, he is on shaky legal ground for stopping you merely because you are carrying a gun. He must also suspect you of a crime, and if so, you have 5th amendment rights.

 

[GAF]

I don`t know why anyone would want to go about their daily lives without some form of ID on their person. I guess I don`t get that.

This happened to me. I was in a Goodwill store one day a few years ago. There was a police officer there and he as me who I was. I gave him my name and showed him my ID. I then as why and he said I look a lot like someone they had a warrant for. If I had taken the stand that I did not have to show an ID or answer his question I might have very well ended up in the back of the squad car in handcuffs while the officer tried to figure out who this uncooperative person is.

 

[Jim Watson]

Coondogger, the assumption of innocence applies after you get to court.
A policeman with the perception that you are giving him sass can cause you a world of trouble.

Had a case like that here. "That Guy's" first offence was Misdemeanor Arguing with a Cop. His next was Felony Stupid in which he admitted to actual indictable actions. That's not what it said on the paperwork, but that is the sequence. If he had kept his trap shut, he might have gotten away with it.