I've never "rolled over" for anyone, on any of my rights. You'd be unwise to test your little assumption about me, as you'd quickly find yourself in an extremely precarious position. As much as you assume, you'll eventually assume a position you'll wish you had not gotten yourself into.
Again, you advise people to place themselves at risk for no real reason. Rather than extend a law enforcement officer a little common courtesy, in many states required by law, you propose that people should "exercise their rights"
, and then you get self righteous and begin to preach about "jack booted thugs"
Here you are demanding a measure of courtesy from a law enforcement officer doing his job, and yet you refuse to extend that officer a common courtesy, and you also advise people to do the same. Looks a great deal like the absolute height in hypocrisy, but that is not at all surprising.
Advising people who are going to carry a weapon legally with a permit to avoid normal courteous disclosure and cooperation with law enforcement officers is problematic at best, and considering that you make rash and unfounded assumptions about people whom you know nothing about, quite risky for people taking such advice.
You are extremely quick to give people advice that can easily get a person taking that advice into serious legal trouble, as well as serious physical danger. It would be funny to read your posturing, if not for the fact that it could easily get someone arrested or even shot, regardless of whether they were legally right or wrong.
If you are in violation of any motor vehicle code, to the point where an officer pulls you over, you have reached the point where an officer not only has at least a measure of probable cause, but also he does have a reasonable expectation that you will provide legal identification, as well as the requisite paperwork for the vehicle. So an expectation that you would also show a CCW permit if you have one is not even remotely close to "unreasonable search and seizure". Regardless of how much you'd like to present that as fact, it has never been proven in court, that I am aware of.
As a former sheriff's deputy, I have worked with many state and local agencies, and most federal agencies, so I'm fairly familiar with SOP and normal department policies.
You may not
like a department policy that allows or requires officers to take your weapon temporarily, but the fact that you do not like it has absolutely no bearing on anything other than your preference. What
you like does not matter at all, such policies do exist, in dozens of jurisdictions. In fact, I can tell you that if you don't like having your weapon taken from you, in most jurisdictions, you would be much better off to inform the officer that you have a CCW and your weapon. Because with most agencies, the policy and SOP is to take the weapon if it is discovered, and detain the person in possession of the weapon.
It is really amusing how some people have decided that not offering a little courtesy themselves and demanding it of others has become "exercising your constitutional rights". Sad, but still amusing.
