doby
Member
Ah, then I stand corrected. I was talking as a whole. Good point tho. Thanks.
Just curious about this
- Thread starter G.T. Smith
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BobR1
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Gordon
Glad to hear that he was taken home by a sober driver. Gordon and I do not live very far apart. Infact I was Police Chief for a while in the town about 25 miles North of him.
I am now retired, and have a concealed carry permit myself.
First off it is highly unlikely Gordon would have been stopped in the first place driving the old boy home. Especially considering the sparce population where we live. Next if Gordon had been stopped he would probably know the Officer by name, unless it was a new guy.
Next considering where we live, I would not inform Law Enforcement that I was concealed carrying on a simple traffic stop, if infact a traffic stop were to happen. In Missouri we have the option of having a seperate Concealed Carry License. The reason is so that you do not get hastled by an antigun Officer on a traffic stop when he sees the concealed carry endorsement on your Drivers License.
If a traffic stop did happen for whatever reason, I would explain that I was driving my friend who had been drinking home, and that I had not been drinking. In my experiance the Officer will have a very good handle on you being impaired or not in the first one minute of the contact without any sobriety tests being performed. At that point if you did break a law you will either get a ticket, or a warning. If the Officer recognized the car as belonging to someone with a history of drunk driving and was fishing, you will probably get a warning and a thanks for driving him home.
Now if the Officer were to place you under arrest for something like an out of state warrant for not paying a speeding ticket or whatever. I would at that point tell the officer I had a concealed carry permit, and that I was carrying a concealed weapon.
Again all involved did the right thing keeping a drunk driver off the roadway. Thank You Gordon
Bob
Glad to hear that he was taken home by a sober driver. Gordon and I do not live very far apart. Infact I was Police Chief for a while in the town about 25 miles North of him.
I am now retired, and have a concealed carry permit myself.
First off it is highly unlikely Gordon would have been stopped in the first place driving the old boy home. Especially considering the sparce population where we live. Next if Gordon had been stopped he would probably know the Officer by name, unless it was a new guy.
Next considering where we live, I would not inform Law Enforcement that I was concealed carrying on a simple traffic stop, if infact a traffic stop were to happen. In Missouri we have the option of having a seperate Concealed Carry License. The reason is so that you do not get hastled by an antigun Officer on a traffic stop when he sees the concealed carry endorsement on your Drivers License.
If a traffic stop did happen for whatever reason, I would explain that I was driving my friend who had been drinking home, and that I had not been drinking. In my experiance the Officer will have a very good handle on you being impaired or not in the first one minute of the contact without any sobriety tests being performed. At that point if you did break a law you will either get a ticket, or a warning. If the Officer recognized the car as belonging to someone with a history of drunk driving and was fishing, you will probably get a warning and a thanks for driving him home.
Now if the Officer were to place you under arrest for something like an out of state warrant for not paying a speeding ticket or whatever. I would at that point tell the officer I had a concealed carry permit, and that I was carrying a concealed weapon.
Again all involved did the right thing keeping a drunk driver off the roadway. Thank You Gordon
Bob
Well, I think you were trying to do the right thing and I also think with 95 out of a 100 police officers you would have been fine. But there's that other 5 officers out there.
Anyway good for you on wanting to take care of a friend, that's what freinds are for, to look out and trust one another. Granted some take a little more looking out for.
I would have left the gun locked up in your vehicle or simply let your son hold on to it if he has a permit.
Anyway good for you on wanting to take care of a friend, that's what freinds are for, to look out and trust one another. Granted some take a little more looking out for.
I would have left the gun locked up in your vehicle or simply let your son hold on to it if he has a permit.
My thought exactly.
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G.T. Smith
US Veteran
maybe it was
I did that once and wound up cleaning some unknown remnants of a meal off the dash and seats of my car.
No, his car or he can walk.. But I have to admit, that would be the right solution in a perfect world, or with a plastic bag over his head and secured at the neck.
Peace,
gordon
I did that once and wound up cleaning some unknown remnants of a meal off the dash and seats of my car.
No, his car or he can walk.. But I have to admit, that would be the right solution in a perfect world, or with a plastic bag over his head and secured at the neck.Peace,
gordon
