CCW Question

[BadShot]

The fact of the matter is that the Officer in this case was out of line and misinformed. I agree that you should contact the supervisor and ask that the officer in question be educated correctly and that you don't appreciate the threatening, demeaning and ignorant fashion that the officer conducted himself in.

I've been stopped once once since I had my CCW, engaged in 2 other minor instances where Arapaho county deputies were involved. In 2 of those cases, I dealt with the same asshat deputy. In neither instance did I feel compelled to inform the asshat that I was armed as neither situation required it. The remaining instance, it's the first thing I informed the officer of. Mostly because I knew that there was a good chance that as I became more animated in my arm expressions that my holster might become exposed from under my jacket. The officer in question just said thanks for letting me know and we continued the discussion at hand.

We have an obligation to both follow the law, know the law and where we said such significant failures by law enforcement, to ensure they are properly educated as best as possible. In this case, that would be contacting the supervisor.

I agree with the idea of keeping the statute numbers somewhere on your person or on your phone (if you have a smart phone like many of us do) along with a few lawyers numbers and relevent non-emergency numbers for the local PD/Sherrif's offices. Just smart things to have.... now.. where the hell did I leave my phone, I gots some things to add

[sniper7]

sucks this guy was un-informed of the requirements we are supposed to follow.
I had a similar situation driving to the airport at about 4:30 am. pulled out by adams county sherrif (where my permit is issued), I am in uniform(pilot). I was speeding, no denying it. He asked for my drivers license etc. I wasn't carrying since I was going to work. he gets on his loud speaker..."
Mr Sniper7 are you carrying a firearm?" I shake my head no, he comes back in a big huff and proceeds to chew me out for not telling him.

just another example of them not being informed. I understand from their point of view that they would like to know...but they aren't going to know when a real bad guy is armed and he certainly isn't going to tell them.

the only good thing about telling them is it puts them at ease, and usually saves you a ticket. After that I decided I will tell them about it no matter what. It is a nice common courtesy.

[TFOGGER]

It's ironic that we go out of our way to know the exact letter of the law, because we're carrying a firearm, and many cops feel like they don't need to know the actual law, because they're carrying an firearm.