I think you only have to tell them if they are conducting official business with you. Like a traffic stop. Not if you are pumping gas next to one, or see one across the street walking the other direction.
I think you only have to tell them if they are conducting official business with you. Like a traffic stop. Not if you are pumping gas next to one, or see one across the street walking the other direction.
Just remember to say you are carrying concealed, even if the officer cuts you off and says to shut your mouth, or they will apparently execute you on the spot.
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I have a new spin on this issue. What if you are a passenger in a vehicle that is in a traffic stop, since the LEO's business is with the driver am I obligated to let him know I'm carrying?
Driver or passenger, why not tell the officer? Doesn't make sense to me I would assume there is a reason I wasn't told and when it comes out it would have been alot better off to know about it in the first place.
I have been pulled over three times since I've been carrying and my greeting each time has been to hold out my DL and CCW license while offering a greeting as such: "good evening, sir. I'm a a concealed carry licensee and I do currently possess my weapon." "Where is it now?" was the officer's reply each time. I either said, "it's in the glove box" or "it's on my right hip". Twice he went back to his car and gave me a warning, once he took the weapon from the glove box and asked me back to his car. On that occasion, we sat in the front seat of his car while he wrote me a warning. He then escorted me back to the car and gave me back the weapon.
mine has went like this: Sir, I am to inform you that i am a conceal carry permit holder and i am currently carrying. Last time i got stopped..........in my driveway for that matter the deputy said okay thats nice i need to see your DL and insurance.
yep
if you have your sda did the instructor not tell you this?
Massad Ayoob gives Host Tom Gresham some essential tips for safely interacting with police when carrying a firearm while driving your vehicle.
[video]http://www.gunsandammo.com/2011/05/27/tips-when-stopped-by-police/[/video]
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I don't get pulled over very often (it helps if you don't drive like a jackass), but when I do, I always hand over both my OKDL and my SDA license. In every case, the officer has asked if I was carrying, and I always answered truthfully (normally I have one in the center console), which is almost always as far as it goes.
There were two times it wasn't--once, not long after the SDA went into effect and before the procedures had been finalized, I got pulled over on the Turner Turnpike. After I informed the Trooper that I was carrying and that my Baby Browning was in my back pocket, he asked me to get out of the car, then asked me to put my hands on my head while he extracted the pistol. He was very polite and professional about it--but it just about freaked out my mother, whom I was taking to Tulsa.
The second time was just a few years ago; I got stopped in a training stop for a show pony (yeah, right, you stopped me because my fog lights were on in inclement conditions). The difference in professionalism between the OHP and this twerp was striking; she was terse, and ordered me to keep my hands on the steering wheel since I'd admitted to having a gun in the car. When she came back she said she'd noticed some fog over by the interstate (yeah, right), so I was free to go. Her FTO wasn't doing a very good job, IMHO...
There were two times it wasn't--once, not long after the SDA went into effect and before the procedures had been finalized, I got pulled over on the Turner Turnpike. After I informed the Trooper that I was carrying and that my Baby Browning was in my back pocket, he asked me to get out of the car, then asked me to put my hands on my head while he extracted the pistol. He was very polite and professional about it--but it just about freaked out my mother, whom I was taking to Tulsa.
The second time was just a few years ago; I got stopped in a training stop for a show pony (yeah, right, you stopped me because my fog lights were on in inclement conditions). The difference in professionalism between the OHP and this twerp was striking; she was terse, and ordered me to keep my hands on the steering wheel since I'd admitted to having a gun in the car. When she came back she said she'd noticed some fog over by the interstate (yeah, right), so I was free to go. Her FTO wasn't doing a very good job, IMHO...
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