sierrabravo45
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Just wanted to relate an experience to you.
I got stopped the other day for speeding. For once in my life, I actually was not speeding at the time. A guy flew up behind me in a beater and since I was in the black sporty car, the officer really didn't know who was speeding, and I got pulled over (Thats what he told me afterwards anyway). I was in town at the time and it was a local LEO.
Officer walked up and asked to see my license and registration, I did not pull it out of the glove box yet, I just waited to see what he wanted, since I wasn't speeding I was kinda wondering why I got pulled over. I was opening the glove box when I remembered that my Concealed Weapon was not at the small of my back and it was in the glove box. I stopped for a second and told the officer I was a CCW holder and I had a gun in the glove box, and it was loaded. He actually seemed ok with it. He asked me if I wouldn't mind handing it to him. I complied with the officer since the registration and insurance was below the gun in an envelope. The gun was in a holster. I handed the gun over, showed him my CWL handed him my License and Registration, (he still had my gun) and walked back to his car. He ran my license came back handed my my License and Registration told me what happened about the speeding and handed my gun back to me unloaded. I was heading to work at a Gun Store and had their shirt on, he brought up the store and we started BSing, about carry guns and some new stuff for a couple of minutes. He then headed his way and I headed to work.
Afterwards I thought of a couple of things.
1. The gun was where my Car Registration was. It would be in plain view once I popped the glove box, while I normally don't carry it there, it was that day because my back was bothering me. I felt that telling an officer about the gun, prob kept me from causing me and the officer undue stress. Reaching for a the car info and him seeing the gun without me telling him prob could have ended up A LOT different.
2. While some people might freak out about handing an officer your CCW, I had no problem with it. It made the officer feel more comfortable about the whole situation.
3. Since I live in Idaho, and I worked at a gun store, it prob helped the situation a lot. But since I was polite and upfront it helped a ton also.
The thing I mostly learned. Never keep your gun and car registration in the same place! I wouldn't have had to hand over the gun if it wasn't there, so if you are carrying in your car and you like to put it in your glove box, think twice if you keep your registration and insurance in there!
Just wanted to pass along what happened to me, in case you run into a situation like this.
I got stopped the other day for speeding. For once in my life, I actually was not speeding at the time. A guy flew up behind me in a beater and since I was in the black sporty car, the officer really didn't know who was speeding, and I got pulled over (Thats what he told me afterwards anyway). I was in town at the time and it was a local LEO.
Officer walked up and asked to see my license and registration, I did not pull it out of the glove box yet, I just waited to see what he wanted, since I wasn't speeding I was kinda wondering why I got pulled over. I was opening the glove box when I remembered that my Concealed Weapon was not at the small of my back and it was in the glove box. I stopped for a second and told the officer I was a CCW holder and I had a gun in the glove box, and it was loaded. He actually seemed ok with it. He asked me if I wouldn't mind handing it to him. I complied with the officer since the registration and insurance was below the gun in an envelope. The gun was in a holster. I handed the gun over, showed him my CWL handed him my License and Registration, (he still had my gun) and walked back to his car. He ran my license came back handed my my License and Registration told me what happened about the speeding and handed my gun back to me unloaded. I was heading to work at a Gun Store and had their shirt on, he brought up the store and we started BSing, about carry guns and some new stuff for a couple of minutes. He then headed his way and I headed to work.
Afterwards I thought of a couple of things.
1. The gun was where my Car Registration was. It would be in plain view once I popped the glove box, while I normally don't carry it there, it was that day because my back was bothering me. I felt that telling an officer about the gun, prob kept me from causing me and the officer undue stress. Reaching for a the car info and him seeing the gun without me telling him prob could have ended up A LOT different.
2. While some people might freak out about handing an officer your CCW, I had no problem with it. It made the officer feel more comfortable about the whole situation.
3. Since I live in Idaho, and I worked at a gun store, it prob helped the situation a lot. But since I was polite and upfront it helped a ton also.
The thing I mostly learned. Never keep your gun and car registration in the same place! I wouldn't have had to hand over the gun if it wasn't there, so if you are carrying in your car and you like to put it in your glove box, think twice if you keep your registration and insurance in there!
Just wanted to pass along what happened to me, in case you run into a situation like this.