RoostRider
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- Mar 28, 2008
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Do something so you don't get made next time..... the more you carry the more natural it will be, and the less you will fidget with it and draw attention.....
From there on out you handled it perfect..... I was waiting to read that you went to the Post Office and got busted as soon as you pulled in the lot.... (sadly, more because I want to see a precedent, than out of your best interest... if it helps, I'd have been rooting for you to clearly win it in court... ... nothing against you, you see?)
By all means you should know the laws in your area (as far as I know it isn't clear as to whether the parking lot is part of the Post Office, which is clearly an 'illegal carry' area for the CCW holder... avoid that situation until it is clear), but don't let the police in your area intimidate you from carrying.... that is a tactic that should not, in the interest of all CCW holders, be accepted and allowed to work....
I'm not saying file a complaint, or that the cops were in any way 'crooked', there is no reason to try to make that call, but they should know that this tactic isn't appropriate, and at very least won't keep you from exercising your rights.... if they are jerks, they don't get the reward (you quitting carrying).... if they are just ill informed, they quickly learn that there is no reward (no anyone 'getting busted').
From there on out you handled it perfect..... I was waiting to read that you went to the Post Office and got busted as soon as you pulled in the lot.... (sadly, more because I want to see a precedent, than out of your best interest... if it helps, I'd have been rooting for you to clearly win it in court... ... nothing against you, you see?)
By all means you should know the laws in your area (as far as I know it isn't clear as to whether the parking lot is part of the Post Office, which is clearly an 'illegal carry' area for the CCW holder... avoid that situation until it is clear), but don't let the police in your area intimidate you from carrying.... that is a tactic that should not, in the interest of all CCW holders, be accepted and allowed to work....
I'm not saying file a complaint, or that the cops were in any way 'crooked', there is no reason to try to make that call, but they should know that this tactic isn't appropriate, and at very least won't keep you from exercising your rights.... if they are jerks, they don't get the reward (you quitting carrying).... if they are just ill informed, they quickly learn that there is no reward (no anyone 'getting busted').