scooter12589
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Hey guys, read the forums for a while but have not posted yet. I turned 18 last year and have been slowly working up to open carrying here in Colorado. But I had a little incident this summer that has set me back. I had a single vehicle accident in Castle Pines, the exclusive gated community south of Denver. Long story short, hit a ditch and needed a tow. The rent-a-cops showed up and I let them call the Douglas Sheriff. The whole time waiting I was polite and but never let them treat me as if they were real cops. Eventually, two deputies arrive and they immediatelly order me out of the truck and ask is there anything in the vehicle we need to know about. I asked him if he was going to search it and he replied in the affirmative. So I told him the was a handgun in the center console. He then terry searched me and my friend. They found nothing on us and then retrieved my holstered unchambered GLOCK. He cleared it and told his partner he found it unloaded. They looked at my DL and determined I was only 18. He then asked me why I had a handgun; I told him it was my right and for protection. He then said you can't have this you aren't 21. I told him I politely I can posses a handgun. He then said it again. I replied that due to federal law you must be 21 to purchase a handgun from a federally liscensed dealer but may posses one at 18 in the state of Colorado. We exchanged this several times then he returned to his vehicle while my friend and I waited with his partner on the tailgate. after probably 15minutes of what appeared to be him looking up the law on his laptop he returned with a careless driving ticket and told me he was leaving my unloaded gun on the drivers seat, and to leave it at home unless I was going shooting. He also saw some fireworks in the cab and said "I am a patriot too, so just shoot those on the 4th and new years". I aplogized for wasting their time and shook their hands and they left. I was concerned at the time about how it was going to play out, but I was confident, polite and knew the law. This leaves me wondering though what will happen if I have a LEO encounter while carrying. If this cop did not know the law or wanted to scare me so bad, how will he others react? But a glimmer hope I was buying a rifle at Walmart on Christmas eve and spent a couple hours at the gun counter waiting. I already knew the guys that worked there pretty well but hadn't gotten to talk in depth with them. I asked him whether he had run into OC in the store. He replied that occasionally someone would but it was legal and all is fine. But then he said that if someone complained that you would be asked to disarm or leave. I mentioned the Walmart policy on weapons and he didn't seem to have a clue. He regurgetated the it's private property we can ask you to leave. He further lost credibility when he said as soon as you get a CHP you can no longer OC. You lose that right he said.:idea: I will be going to Walmart soon to start my OCing though. So what do y'all think am I blowing this out of proportion?
Hey guys, read the forums for a while but have not posted yet. I turned 18 last year and have been slowly working up to open carrying here in Colorado. But I had a little incident this summer that has set me back. I had a single vehicle accident in Castle Pines, the exclusive gated community south of Denver. Long story short, hit a ditch and needed a tow. The rent-a-cops showed up and I let them call the Douglas Sheriff. The whole time waiting I was polite and but never let them treat me as if they were real cops. Eventually, two deputies arrive and they immediatelly order me out of the truck and ask is there anything in the vehicle we need to know about. I asked him if he was going to search it and he replied in the affirmative. So I told him the was a handgun in the center console. He then terry searched me and my friend. They found nothing on us and then retrieved my holstered unchambered GLOCK. He cleared it and told his partner he found it unloaded. They looked at my DL and determined I was only 18. He then asked me why I had a handgun; I told him it was my right and for protection. He then said you can't have this you aren't 21. I told him I politely I can posses a handgun. He then said it again. I replied that due to federal law you must be 21 to purchase a handgun from a federally liscensed dealer but may posses one at 18 in the state of Colorado. We exchanged this several times then he returned to his vehicle while my friend and I waited with his partner on the tailgate. after probably 15minutes of what appeared to be him looking up the law on his laptop he returned with a careless driving ticket and told me he was leaving my unloaded gun on the drivers seat, and to leave it at home unless I was going shooting. He also saw some fireworks in the cab and said "I am a patriot too, so just shoot those on the 4th and new years". I aplogized for wasting their time and shook their hands and they left. I was concerned at the time about how it was going to play out, but I was confident, polite and knew the law. This leaves me wondering though what will happen if I have a LEO encounter while carrying. If this cop did not know the law or wanted to scare me so bad, how will he others react? But a glimmer hope I was buying a rifle at Walmart on Christmas eve and spent a couple hours at the gun counter waiting. I already knew the guys that worked there pretty well but hadn't gotten to talk in depth with them. I asked him whether he had run into OC in the store. He replied that occasionally someone would but it was legal and all is fine. But then he said that if someone complained that you would be asked to disarm or leave. I mentioned the Walmart policy on weapons and he didn't seem to have a clue. He regurgetated the it's private property we can ask you to leave. He further lost credibility when he said as soon as you get a CHP you can no longer OC. You lose that right he said.:idea: I will be going to Walmart soon to start my OCing though. So what do y'all think am I blowing this out of proportion?