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In reply to the discussion: Should you have to tell a police officer you're carrying a gun? [View all]mvccd1000
(1,534 posts)73. Outdated info?
What's this "CCW" of which you speak? That permission slip from your government is no longer required to carry (except in liquor license establishments), so how could I present one?
Personally, I always inform as well... I was known to get a few speeding tickets in my younger days, so had plenty of interaction with police. I always found that polite and cooperative was the best way through the meeting for both of us.
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"I've been road checked a dozen or so times. Checked by the dnr 3 or 4 times"
Starboard Tack
Jan 2012
#8
I would consider it a reasonable requirement for a CCWer when a firearm is present and
petronius
Jan 2012
#9
Why? *Not* assuming the person they are speaking with may be armed is poor practice.
friendly_iconoclast
Jan 2012
#27
Seems smarter than being a wise-ass "I don't have to" libertarian sorts
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2012
#44
Isn't that information already available to the cop when he runs your license plate?
Tuesday Afternoon
May 2012
#67
ok and let me just say that - as an honest, tax-paying citizen I have no issue with presenting
Tuesday Afternoon
May 2012
#78
In Texas we are required to notify officers only if we are carrying on our body.
oneshooter
May 2012
#69