Quote Originally Posted by Gunner View Post
That's kinda interesting. So he wanted to check your vehicle for a loaded firearm? Are DOW officers allowed to check a vehicle in the forest since you are just target shooting up there. Does that count as probable cause? Could you have technically said no? Was he looking for rifles and shotguns loaded or anything at all like a pistol? I know you can't have a loaded shotgun or rifle in your vehicle, but that would have been a real bummer if you were clearly target shooting and had set a gun in your truck with a loaded mag and gotten a ticket. I would have let them look I'm not a person to cause problems just wondering
Well since it was practically in plain sight I don't really cause a fuss. I don't think he would have raised a stink if I had my rifle in the cab and declined permission for him to check. I commented about my carry pistol inside the cab and he said he didn't care, he was just checking rifles and shotguns. And it was clear, since the vehicles were about 100ft from where we were shooting that the rifles weren't in use.