NerfDildo™
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- Jan 20, 2019
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The other night at dinner with friends the topic of a traffic stop came up.
You get pulled over for a minor traffic infraction or like one of my instances, a brake tag check. Whether you have a permit or just legally carrying in your vehicle you're pulled over and the police officer approaches your window, do you tell them you have a weapon in your car/truck? One guy said he was cuffed at the scene while the officer conducted the situation of the traffic stop after finding out he was carrying. Another guy said he was told in a CHP/CCW class by the instructor to not say anything about the weapon.
Me, I have been stopped either for minor traffic infraction or brake tag stops by NOPD, JP and LA State Police and I always informed them that I had a weapon in my car or truck. Once the pistol was taken from me until the stop was completed and two other times was told to just remain calm and make no sudden moves toward the weapon. The last two didn't even ask to see it.
What would or do you do and what if you have taken a class were you told as to how to handle this type of situation?
I say cooperation is important in this type of interaction with law enforcement without being a complete idiot over the stop.
I'm sure it's already been covered, and I'm new to the state, but have been reading the laws. Under LRS 40:1379.3 a permittee must immediately inform an officer if he/she is armed. At least, that's my understanding from reading the law. Is that the case?