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Depends on the state. I have a carry permit from Kalifornia, Idaho, Oregon, and Utah. None of them have my carry permit tied to my drivers license or my car tag.Originally Posted by Old Irishman
Tennessee has a similar state law. Yahoo for Kentucky and Tennessee!
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Maybejim
Depends on the state. I have a carry permit from Kalifornia, Idaho, Oregon, and Utah. None of them have my carry permit tied to my drivers license or my car tag.
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Makes me nervous I was stopped in CT many moons ago while carrying a 1911, cocked and locked. I let the officer know I was armed and the next thing I know there are two locals and a state cruiser on site. They wanted me to disarm so I slowly handed one of them the handgun and none could figure out how to clear it. They had me do that with all three cops having a hand on their own gun. Since it wasn't what they trained with (Beretta 92 at the time) they were clueless and more dangerous than I was.
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The fact that there were idiots armed with guns standing around you must have been very unnerving....
One must be wary of the mentality creating the problem or the law creating the crime.
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Don't know about idiots, but not being able to clear a firearm doesn't surprise me after going to a PD range and watching less than half qualify and one guy firing through his holster into the ground.
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This is one of the reasons I normally choose to not notify when it's not required by law. If the cop under the guise of making us safer mishandles my gun, everyone is put in danger particularly me.
Another reason is the discussion in a cops forum where there were several arrogant morons who bragged of slamming legal CCW holders into their hoods for daring to carry. No doubt they are the minority but I live mostly in anti-gun Kalifornia where the average cop has less than 5 years on the job and they scare me.
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IC 35-47-11-2If Indiana state law does not allow police officers to confiscate firearms on (public) highways, locals can't either.Regulation of firearms by units other than townships
Sec. 2. Notwithstanding IC 36-1-3, a unit may not regulate in any manner the ownership, possession, sale, transfer, or transportation of firearms (as defined in IC 35-47-1-5) or ammunition except as follows:
(1) This chapter does not apply to land, buildings, or other real property owned or administered by a unit, except highways (as defined in IC 8-23-1-23) or public highways (as defined in IC 8-2.1-17-14).
When they "Nudge. Shove. Shoot.",
Don't retreat. Just reload.
Actually, the law says that they (cops) can't confiscate your gun, ammo, etc UNLESS you are doing something listed below in #3. So, stomping someone's butt into a mudhole would be cause for Officer Friendly to confiscate your weapon.
The recent laws in Kentucky and elsewhere, prohibiting gun confiscation in time of emergency, are a natural reaction to police abuses in New Orleans during that hurricane. But they don't really change traffic stops much. Without taking time to study applicable law in all 50 states, I'd say it's a pretty good bet that the cop stopping you can disarm you if he wishes. I agree that letting the average Glock or Beretta armed cop play with my condition one 1911 is a recipe for disaster. But there it is: "Officer safety" is the Prime Directive. If the Officer is scared of you (and these days, most of 'em are), he can pretty much do what he wants, disarm you, cuff you, etc. Most likely he can shoot you to death, and so long as he says "I believed my life was in danger," it will be a "good shoot."
I was stopped a while back by a Deputy. He was cool, mentioned my speed but did not write a ticket to take my money, as is the prime function of a State Trooper. I was driving Kathleen's Jeep. After her ran my license and was about to send me on my way, he asked if I had my gun with me. He was cool, didn't ask to see my gun, but I'll tell you Washington DOES link CCW info to driver's license info. I have a hunch that if it had been my car, the vehicle license, linked to the owner's driver's license would have told him I carried.
My state does not have a requirement to declare one's gun to a cop, only to show the Concealed Pistol License (like any other license) if a cop asks to see it.
There's no reason for this data linkage and "warning" to the officer, except the hoplophobes wanting to provoke incidents. Cops are trained to consider all people as possibly armed. And CCW carriers as a group commit FAR fewer crimes per capita than the general public, even fewer than sworn Officers. But the idea of being confronted in a strange place, perhaps at night and isolated with one's family, by a somewhat hostile armed stranger in uniform (if you can call the paramilitary jumpsuits some of 'em wear today "uniforms"), who instantly demands you disarm, is unsettling to say the least. I think there's a secret hope someone will resist and they can use the incident to campaign against CCW.
But when it comes to a stop, the cop does have the right to demand your gun. I will not go out of my way to tell him I have one. Personally, since learning that CCW info is linked to driver's license data, I think one should carry two or three guns, and give up one when it is demanded. But then that's me. This is 21st century Amerika and there is no guarantee at all that a policeman is your friend or has your best interests at heart.
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“The police of a State should never be stronger or better armed than the citizenry. An armed citizenry, willing to fight is the foundation of civil freedom.” Heinlein
My cwp instructor was a former LEO. He instructed us that the best policy is to:
1. Never touch your weapon in the presence of an officer whether being pulled over, detained, or approached. For the safety of you and the officer it is best to tell the LEO that you will not touch, unholster, or hand over your weapon. He also said it is ok to pick up your phone and call the department and ask to speak to the officers seargent. He said in the state of NC an officer has no right or legal duty to disarm a leagally armed citizen.
2. No officer has the right to infringe your 2nd ammendment rights. Never hand over your weapon unless you are being legally arrested.
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