BudParker
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Citizen wrote:
Citizen wrote:
thx997303 wrote:Ahhhhhh. Warms the heart.I will NOT be supportive of an officer "checking me out" without said officer having RAS for a Terry stop.
Observation at a distance, please, Mr. Police Officer.
If I am even consensually contacted over my lawfully carried firearm, the obvious implication is that exercising the basic human right to self-defense is suspicious. This is emphatically unacceptable.
If I am in legal jeopardy from a police encounter, then fair is fair. The officer will be in jeopardy, too,in just this way:his personnel file and promotion prospects are in jeopardy. Each mistake he makes will be the subject of a bulleted point in a formal complaint.
Wanta bet whetherI have a good grasp of the 4th and 5th Amendment case law on foot encounters, Officer?
Wanta bet whether I can look up each and every point I don't know between the time you let me go and the time I write the formal complaint, Officer? The internet is wonderful for this kind of legal research and I'll have several days while my FOIA request is being filled.
So, unless you have a really, really good reasonor absolute necessity, observation from a distance is your friend, Officer.
Good points, but... How often do you want to battle the system? Just how much time do you have to invest in it? Hell, even when you win you lose.
Just a side comment: Do you know that in the State of Mississippi the Attorney General has found that a holster does, in fact, hide a firearm or portion thereof? Now, in court, you're "carrying a concealed weapon." Jeez, what happened to America?