You Get Pulled Over - Cop Asks For Gun - Unload?

[El Rojo]

He knew you were a good guy DevilsMayCry. Good law enforcement can often tell the difference between good citizens and bad citizens. I am glad the PRK doesn't have a must tell policy. What they don't know isn't going to hurt them in my case. Depending on where I am at in the PRK, I am probably going to have to hand the gun over. Unless it is in a rural area, they are probably going to get all excited because they never run into CCW holders and then they are going to want to make sure I am not going to hurt them.

 

[P12]

Texas has a diclosure clause.


As for the cop I was talking to, if I ever get stopped by him, maybe I'll hand it to him with 1 finger and thumb






muzzle first!

Just kidding.

If I or my family ever gets "swept" with the muzzle of a loaded gun in the hands of an officer, I'll pray and file a complaint after the fact.

 

[H Romberg]

In Virginia, your CHL is part of your driver's license record. In other words, if your car is licensed to you, and the plates get run, the computer will automatically tell the officer that the owner has a CHL.

I haven't been pulled over yet(knock on wood), but if and when, I'll be sure to at least drop the mag if he asks for my weapon. It's got a mag safety, so the chambered round can't be fired even by accident. If the officer doesn't object to that, I'll fully clear the weapon. His athority is no excuse for my handing someone a weapon that isn't cleared.

He shouldn't be too jumpy after seeing me sitting there with the dome light on and my papers in my (visible on the wheel) hands. I've heard though that most of our troopers don't want to see your weapon, viewing it as best left secure.

 

[Art Eatman]

In my only traffic stop since I got my CHL, the Texas DPS trooper showed no interest whatsoever in the pistol itself. He just handed the CHL back to me and showed interest only in the driver's license.

A buddy of mine who hates to drive and therefore drives very fast so he spends fewer hours on the road D) has been stopped four times around Texas. Two warning tickets, two "let-offs". Four conversations about handguns in general, with a bunch of show-and-tell BS.

I really don't see it as a problem, other than on an individual-LEO basis.

Art

 

[ahenry]

I think Art couldn’t be more right as it applies to TX. I think the vast majority of TX law types actually see a CHL as a thumbs-up for the individuals character. The first hand accounts I know of almost always end up with the cop doing a “oh, where is it†and then ignoring it. I can’t speak for other states though as I have had an extremely small amount of interaction with officers from other states. I worry about TX cops about as much as I worry about lightning bolts, they are still most definitely "the good guys".

 

[P12]

I worry about TX cops about as much as I worry about lightning bolts, they are still most definitely "the good guys".

Ditto

 

[willp58]

One day while running my hounds in an old gravel pit, a state cop came pulling in. He axed how we were doing and I said "Fine".

Then he looked at my fanny pack and wondered if I had a gun. I sez sure... wanna see it?
I handed him my American Arms PK22 and he sez, " Damn that's nice".
He handed it back and said "Have a good one".

This is in NYS...Where a CCW permit is good for life.

 

[alan]

Willp58 wrote:

This is in NYS...Where a CCW permit is good for life.

Are they still. I thought that the legislature had changed the law, or was it that the governor (Pataki) sought such a change, and might not have been able to get it?

 

[SASS#23149]

I listen to a police scanner in the evenings,and in Oregon your ccw is announced to any LE0's about to make a traffic stop.
This brings to mind a piece of advice my father(retired LEO) gave me years ago....if a cop asks you a question,it's almost a sure thing HE already knows the answer and is testing your honesty.
I figure lying about a weapon is a good way to put an armed cop on the defensive,pronto.
IMHO,smarting off to a cop or lying to one is not real bright.
Mike

 

[DadOfThree]

One of the LEO's on TFL, I believe it was Lawdog, said that the line he uses when handed a CCW permit on a routine traffic stop is "Don't show me yours, and I won't show you mine"
Very

 

[willp58]

Alan,

The ccw permit in NYS is still good for life at least here in Chautauqua County which is about 500 miles from frikkin Noo Yauk city..Hard to believe but this part of the state is fairly gun-friendly.
The largest city in 5 adjacent counties has only 25K so that helps.

Hunting is openly accepted and the Lead guy (Co sheriff) is not an anti....
The judge that signs the permits is bigtime gun collector and hunter.

I've had mine since 1961 with not a minute's trouble yet.

 

[alan]

willp58:

It's good to hear that sanity reigns supreme, at least in part, here and there.

You might well be correct concerning the effect of the rural nature, to hear you describe it, or your area. That certainmly might well make a difference. Of course, so might the nature and quality of local "elected things".