Limeyfellow
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Heh the other week I had 42 rifles and shotguns in the back of my car. Hate to think what they would make out of that.
Getting Pulled over after a range trip and you got a Trunk full of guns
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aguyindallas
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I dont care...this is Texas, I have a CHL so there isnt much to worry about. On top of that, I dont do much to get pulled over and I know all the usual speed traps in the area.
mpmarty
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When I drive my pickup which is at least a couple of times a week, there is my AK74 Arsenal in the back window with a thirty round magazine attached. I get some looks from people driving Hybrid cars and Saturns but the cops leave me alone.
Gun Wielding Maniac
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MPMarty, have you got any sort of a security device on that rifle to prevent a smash and grab?
Brad Johnson
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Was pulled over by Texas DPS while on my way to see my parents. As usual, I had just about every gun I could cram in the car with me, including several thousand rounds of ammo (my usual load of a case each of .45 and 9mm, along with a dozen or so 500-rd boxes of .22).
Presented my DL and CHL. The guy relaxed noticeably, then asked if I had any weapons with me. I laughed and told him "A 9mm in the console, a snubby in the side pocket, a .45 in the seat beside me, and a whole trunk full of rifles, shotguns, and ammo."
All I got was a lifted eyebrow, a little "hmph", and a "wish I could go with ya" nod. A verbal warning to slow it down later and we both went our merry way.
Brad
Presented my DL and CHL. The guy relaxed noticeably, then asked if I had any weapons with me. I laughed and told him "A 9mm in the console, a snubby in the side pocket, a .45 in the seat beside me, and a whole trunk full of rifles, shotguns, and ammo."
All I got was a lifted eyebrow, a little "hmph", and a "wish I could go with ya" nod. A verbal warning to slow it down later and we both went our merry way.
Brad
I live in E. Texas and still have a house in N. Louisiana. Last year we were headed east on I-20 when we saw a long line of cars ahead. In months earlier we had seen where they were conducting announced random drug searches.
I got off at the first exit which was only about 12 miles from the house, but a sheriffs deputy immediatly followed me and pulled me over. As he came up I opened the door and he commented my tags had expired. I motioned for him to look at registration tag on windshield, which he did and I told him it had been accomplished the day before. At that point I pointed to a loaded Kimber in the door pocket and he said "don't worry, we are gun friendly here"
I commented that I had grown up and gone to school there and was planning on spending some time at the parish range the next day and we bid each other good bye.
I got off at the first exit which was only about 12 miles from the house, but a sheriffs deputy immediatly followed me and pulled me over. As he came up I opened the door and he commented my tags had expired. I motioned for him to look at registration tag on windshield, which he did and I told him it had been accomplished the day before. At that point I pointed to a loaded Kimber in the door pocket and he said "don't worry, we are gun friendly here"
I commented that I had grown up and gone to school there and was planning on spending some time at the parish range the next day and we bid each other good bye.
I don't give a crap if a police officer "minds" me having guns in my vehicle.
The real question is, what does the law say?
1 gun or 543 guns, I haven't seen a law yet that restricts the number of firearms that you can possess.
In my state I can have anything, loaded or unloaded except a machine gun.
Your results may vary depending on your state laws.
Also, you ARE NOT required to tell an officer of anything in your vehicle (see the 4th and 5th amendments). Exception being if you have a CHL and your state requires officer notification and that only applies to your concealed weapon, not anything in your trunk.
The real question is, what does the law say?
1 gun or 543 guns, I haven't seen a law yet that restricts the number of firearms that you can possess.
In my state I can have anything, loaded or unloaded except a machine gun.
Your results may vary depending on your state laws.
Also, you ARE NOT required to tell an officer of anything in your vehicle (see the 4th and 5th amendments). Exception being if you have a CHL and your state requires officer notification and that only applies to your concealed weapon, not anything in your trunk.
Byron Quick
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Heh. Two days before Thanksgiving, 2006, I had a rollover in my Dodge Ram. The deputy sheriff picked up a Browning Sweet Sixteen, a Parker Hale in 7mm, a Bushmaster M4gery, a Glock 29, a US Army marked Colt 1911, another Bushmaster AR15, and a Browning BAR in .300 Win Mag.
All the firearms in the vehicle were retrieved, the Gemtech suppressor wasn't. The ATF agent asked what I was doing with seven firearms in the vehicle. My first answer was,"Driving to work." Which was the literal truth. However, I had been hunting and shooting at the range in the preceding days and had just neglected to empty the truck.
I've been stopped with many more firearms than that, though. Had a cop ask me once,"Any weapons in the car?" I answered,"Sure, what you want?" I had long guns, short guns, knives, 400 year old katana, chains, staffs....
All the firearms in the vehicle were retrieved, the Gemtech suppressor wasn't. The ATF agent asked what I was doing with seven firearms in the vehicle. My first answer was,"Driving to work." Which was the literal truth. However, I had been hunting and shooting at the range in the preceding days and had just neglected to empty the truck.
I've been stopped with many more firearms than that, though. Had a cop ask me once,"Any weapons in the car?" I answered,"Sure, what you want?" I had long guns, short guns, knives, 400 year old katana, chains, staffs....
evan price
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Last year I went out shooting with some friends which was my friend's bachelor party- we all went to another friend's private range for the day.
Well, there were three carloads of guys (A Suburban, a Jeep Cherokee and a Lexus LS400) all full of guys and the back bumpers on all of 'em dragging the dirt, so to speak.
The way onto the range is via the back road entrance to the owner's farm pasture which has a locked gate. Well, would you believe they had brought the wrong key ring. So we made a phone call up to the house to let us in and while waiting, a Sheriff car pulls up, does a u-turn, and then pulls up in front of us.
Sheriff wants to know why we are hanging around (Buncha big guys wearing shades, with out of county tags, loitering around a fairly deserted farm field, go figger)
In Ohio you have to notify if you are a CCW and carrying. There was a line of guys all notifying. The poor deputy looked overwhelmed and surprised and called in to the dispatcher for assistance. Right about then the landowner rolls up on his Quad and nods to the deputy and says we are with him.
Deputy knew the landowner, relaxes a little and says something to the effect of, he was feeling outgunned for a few seconds. We popped open trunks and back doors and showed him exactly HOW outgunned he really was!
6 AR's, a .308 Galil, 4 FN-FALs, 4 AK's of various flavors, a Daewoo, a CETME, a Valmet, an FN49, a couple Saigas, a bunch of shotguns, several Mausers, Mosins, SKS, Swiss K31, Enfields, Garand, M14, a 22-250 Savage heavy barrel varminter, Ruger Deerslayer .44, KelTec and Hi-point carbines, a Beretta CX4Storm, a couple of Rem 700s, everybody had at least one CCW pistol and a couple more in cases in the back from .22LR up to .500 S&W. Oh, and about 40K rounds of ammo.
Needless to say we pitched tents and spent the weekend there for a pig roast and gunpowder fest. What a party.
Well, there were three carloads of guys (A Suburban, a Jeep Cherokee and a Lexus LS400) all full of guys and the back bumpers on all of 'em dragging the dirt, so to speak.
The way onto the range is via the back road entrance to the owner's farm pasture which has a locked gate. Well, would you believe they had brought the wrong key ring. So we made a phone call up to the house to let us in and while waiting, a Sheriff car pulls up, does a u-turn, and then pulls up in front of us.
Sheriff wants to know why we are hanging around (Buncha big guys wearing shades, with out of county tags, loitering around a fairly deserted farm field, go figger)
In Ohio you have to notify if you are a CCW and carrying. There was a line of guys all notifying. The poor deputy looked overwhelmed and surprised and called in to the dispatcher for assistance. Right about then the landowner rolls up on his Quad and nods to the deputy and says we are with him.
Deputy knew the landowner, relaxes a little and says something to the effect of, he was feeling outgunned for a few seconds. We popped open trunks and back doors and showed him exactly HOW outgunned he really was!
6 AR's, a .308 Galil, 4 FN-FALs, 4 AK's of various flavors, a Daewoo, a CETME, a Valmet, an FN49, a couple Saigas, a bunch of shotguns, several Mausers, Mosins, SKS, Swiss K31, Enfields, Garand, M14, a 22-250 Savage heavy barrel varminter, Ruger Deerslayer .44, KelTec and Hi-point carbines, a Beretta CX4Storm, a couple of Rem 700s, everybody had at least one CCW pistol and a couple more in cases in the back from .22LR up to .500 S&W. Oh, and about 40K rounds of ammo.
Needless to say we pitched tents and spent the weekend there for a pig roast and gunpowder fest. What a party.
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