it appears this may be standard procedure for GPD, ACSO, and other officers in the region.
Everytime your car is stopped your car has been checked to make sure it isn't stolen. By your logic is that not reasonable also? I guess some of you might feel different if you had ever had a gun stolen or didn't have such an obvious anti-law enforcement bias here.question:
LEOs really think a law abiding citizen, that owns and registers a car in their name and has a CCW permit needs to have the serial # on the pistol checked to see if stolen? Is that really even a remote occurance, CCW holders and registered vehicle owners running around with stolen $500 pistols? Seriously? Is there any reasonable suspicion at all of that gun being stolen? Do they check to see if any other property in the car might be stolen? No, of course not. I find the whole idea of it laughable and seems to me to be clearly a way to stick it to the gun owner a little bit more, or possibly just out of a desire, hope against hope, to find something to arrest them for.
By listing my name, are you inferring that I have personally or been involved with violating someone's rights or physically abused them?Harless
Weems
Abbate
Mehserle
The cops who beat the student in Pittsburgh then lied about him "attacking" police horses
The cops in Maryland with the eight simultaneous dashcam "malfunctions"
The Akron cop who falsely arrested a woman for videoing him
The California cops who accused Samoan party goers of throwing rocks and bottles at them, NONE of which was in evidence in video of the incident
YouTube is replete with "UN-average cops" who discounted the dangers of acting out on video.
The only reason not to record police interactions and the only reason why a cop wouldn't want to be recorded is to enable police engaging in misconduct to hide behind their presumption of veracity.
Not unless your name is ALVIN Weems... and you're posting from the great beyond:By listing my name, are you inferring that I have personally or been involved with violating someone's rights or physically abused them?
Everytime your car is stopped your car has been checked to make sure it isn't stolen. By your logic is that not reasonable also? I guess some of you might feel different if you had ever had a gun stolen or didn't have such an obvious anti-law enforcement bias here.
No, not resonable at all.By your logic is that not reasonable also?
Well, as this discussion has clearly demonstrated, there is a considerable animosity on the part of some members of law enforcement toward certain constitutional rights, and especially towards citizens who assert them.The most interesting thing here is that out of all the personal property that LEO might check, it is usually, only the Constitutionally protected item they routinely choose to check.
Yes, but then again there are an equal, or greater, number of members that show considerable animosity towards law enforcement in general, regardless of the situation.Well, as this discussion has clearly demonstrated, there is a considerable animosity on the part of some members of law enforcement toward certain constitutional rights, and especially towards citizens who assert them.
As the original poster on this thread I'd like to take a moment here to thank the contributors here for this informative discussion.
I am personally supportive of our law enforcement officers and the risks they take to protect the law and public safety. Likewise, I am personally supportive of individual rights including the right to bear arms.
I believe there is common ground between the best interests of law enforcement and the best interest of citizens. Whereas I disagree with the officers perceived need, in this case, to disarm my wife and I during the course of a traffic stop, we all do what we have to do, and the factors that played into that decision will be the lost chapter to this story.
It is my sincere hope that followers of this thread will continue to advocate for officer safety as well as individual firearms rights, and that beyond the extremes of the debate, you are able to find some personal value to the discourse contained herein.
Sincerely,
Triple_T