Inform the officer or not when concealed carry?

[Lucenut]

Just to clarify, the U.S. Bill of Rights (amendments to the constitution) limit the power of the U.S. federal government. It does NOT "grant" liberties, it merely recognizes God-given/natural rights.

Greg

Couldn't disagree with you more, but won't say you're wrong. I will say I think it's a HUGE leap of faith to compare all LEO to dangerous wild animals and feared apex predators. Yes, they CAN do you harm, but I don't think the vast majority would.

As far as giving up liberties, the truth is we gave up or allow our rights to be infringed upon every day (and by rights, I mean rights granted in the Bill of Rights). 1st Amendment gives us the right to peacably assemble. Yes, you have that right, but in most places you have to apply for a permit, be granted permission by a government to use that right, have the location of your assembly approved, etc, etc, etc. I could list tons of other considerations that are direct infrigements of our rights, but that's my only point.



AMEN! Couldn't agree with you more.

[NavyLCDR]

I don't know if I've seen a personal story of any of the "do not admit" crowd following their policy and the outcome from it.

I've been stopped four times for speeding in Washington State. One of those times I was asked to exit the vehicle. None of those times did I inform the officer of the presence of my gun. None of those times did the officer indicate in any way shape or form that it bothered him in the least that I did not inform him of a gun that he did not know about or see, even the cop who asked me to exit the vehicle and the first indication of a gun was when he saw it in the holster on my belt. 2 of the 4 times I was released with no ticket, only a verbal warning. Seems like a pretty good track record to me.

[Cord]

I don't know if I've seen a personal story of any of the "do not admit" crowd following their policy and the outcome from it.

I've been stopped four times for speeding in Washington State. One of those times I was asked to exit the vehicle. None of those times did I inform the officer of the presence of my gun. None of those times did the officer indicate in any way shape or form that it bothered him in the least that I did not inform him of a gun that he did not know about or see, even the cop who asked me to exit the vehicle and the first indication of a gun was when he saw it in the holster on my belt. 2 of the 4 times I was released with no ticket, only a verbal warning. Seems like a pretty good track record to me.

I'm going to speculate, but if he wasn't concerned when he discovered the weapon on your belt, wouldn't it imply the outcome would have been the same if you told him beforehand?

[NavyLCDR]

I'm going to speculate, but if he wasn't concerned when he discovered the weapon on your belt, wouldn't it imply the outcome would have been the same if you told him beforehand?

The outcome of that stop would not have been different, probably. I did not get a ticket that time. Does that guarantee that the other 3 times I was stopped would turn out OK if I told the cop about my gun? NO. I don't want police going "Canton Ohio" on me, so it's best if they just don't know about my gun, since it has nothing to do with a traffic stop for speeding anyway.