wyocarp
Member
After reading about a lot of traffic stops and how people react differently when stopped while carrying, I feel I had an incredible experience last night.
I had just left Rock Springs, Wyoming late last night when I was stopped by a Highway Patrolman. He felt I had drove over the line a couple of times and that I had driven through the construction zone a little slow and was checking to see if I was drinking.
Because I have had my share of problems with officers, I wasn't extremely polite when he came up to my window, with me feeling like there was no reason for him to be pulling me over.
My family had been bear hunting the previous weekend so I had a lot of guns in the truck between rifles and pistols. I had three in plain sight in the front of the truck and one on my hip. He right away saw a snubbie 460 with the bright yellow stock grip on the floor by my right foot and asked me if I had other guns in the vehicle. I replied, "Oh yes." By that time I think he was beginning to see more. I even had to get my wallet out of my right rear pocket which was right next to the .45 on my hip. He took my license, registration, and insurance card back to his car and never said another word about my guns.
Some have mentioned having had the patrolman take their weapons during the duration of the stop. I've heard of having the person come back to the patrolman's car during the stop while leaving the guns up in the vehicle. I've even heard of them requesting that the gun be unloaded during the stop.
Of course this guy would have had to make numerous trips to confiscate my weapons, but he said absolutely nothing. I was so shocked that I had to ask him about it when he came back up with my license. Of course at that time, he knew that I had a permit because he it came up that I had one when he ran my license. He said he figured that if I hadn't already shot him that he would be fine.
He smiled the entire time. He was professional in his actions and comments. And he gave me a completely new impression of patrolmen. But most of all, after reading threads on here and other places, I was shocked at how relaxed he was after seeing a lot of weapons. One of his comments when I asked him about it was, "Well, this is Wyoming."
I had just left Rock Springs, Wyoming late last night when I was stopped by a Highway Patrolman. He felt I had drove over the line a couple of times and that I had driven through the construction zone a little slow and was checking to see if I was drinking.
Because I have had my share of problems with officers, I wasn't extremely polite when he came up to my window, with me feeling like there was no reason for him to be pulling me over.
My family had been bear hunting the previous weekend so I had a lot of guns in the truck between rifles and pistols. I had three in plain sight in the front of the truck and one on my hip. He right away saw a snubbie 460 with the bright yellow stock grip on the floor by my right foot and asked me if I had other guns in the vehicle. I replied, "Oh yes." By that time I think he was beginning to see more. I even had to get my wallet out of my right rear pocket which was right next to the .45 on my hip. He took my license, registration, and insurance card back to his car and never said another word about my guns.
Some have mentioned having had the patrolman take their weapons during the duration of the stop. I've heard of having the person come back to the patrolman's car during the stop while leaving the guns up in the vehicle. I've even heard of them requesting that the gun be unloaded during the stop.
Of course this guy would have had to make numerous trips to confiscate my weapons, but he said absolutely nothing. I was so shocked that I had to ask him about it when he came back up with my license. Of course at that time, he knew that I had a permit because he it came up that I had one when he ran my license. He said he figured that if I hadn't already shot him that he would be fine.
He smiled the entire time. He was professional in his actions and comments. And he gave me a completely new impression of patrolmen. But most of all, after reading threads on here and other places, I was shocked at how relaxed he was after seeing a lot of weapons. One of his comments when I asked him about it was, "Well, this is Wyoming."
