When police come to your home...

jhat said:

The general rule is that the police cannot enter your home without a warrant. There are exceptions to the warrant requirement such as consent, exigent circumstances, protective sweeps. If they knock on your door and are merely asking you about your neighbor, you do not have to advise them that you are carrying because you have not been seized or detained. If they knock on your door with an arrest warrant for you, you must advise them that you are armed because at that point you have been detained/seized. Besides, if they find a weapon on you they likely will kick your ass. You NEVER have to give permission to the police to search your person, home, car, or belongings.

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Dave70968 said:

jhat, not to be argumentative, but I don't recall seeing any detention or seizure language in the statute about when you must notify an officer. I probably wouldn't notify him if he were behind me in the checkout lane at the grocery, but I think the statute requires notification any time he makes any sort of official contact; knocking on the door to ask about the neighbor would seem to be him doing his job, so I'd probably err on the side of caution there, at least until I found some caselaw to suggest otherwise.

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Title 21 Section 1290.8 Paragraph C said:

It shall be unlawful for any person to fail or refuse to identify the fact that the person is in actual possession of a concealed or unconcealed handgun pursuant to the authority of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act when the person first comes into contact with any law enforcement officer of this state or its political subdivisions or a federal law enforcement officer during the course of any arrest, detainment, or routine traffic stop. Said identification to the law enforcement officer shall be made at the first opportunity. No person shall be required to identify himself or herself as a concealed handgun licensee when no handgun is in the person’s possession of the person or in any vehicle in which the person is driving or is a passenger.

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peanut said:

Do i have to notify them I am carrying?
Do i have to disarm?
Do i have to allow them in without a warrant?
Di i have to submit to a search of my home?
If i stay inside the home or if i walk onto the
porch does it matter if i carry or not?
Do i have to disarm on the porch? Front yard/driveway?
I might think of some more in a minute.
I also figure others may be able to use this.

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kd5rjz said:

I generally answer the door and try to be as helpful as possible

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kd5rjz said:

In my opinion:
No
No
No
No
No

As pointed out, you also don't have to answer the door. I generally answer the door and try to be as helpful as possible, but it's none of their business what I'm carrying or doing on property I own.

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