[KD5NRH]

Keep your registration and insurance card on your person this way you don't have to open your glove compartment. I know when I pull someone over that seems a little shady my trigger finger gets itchy when they reach to open the glovebox.

That just might be part of the reason the insurance companies send out two or three cards per vehicle, and will generally give you as many as you ask for. My wife and I each carry one, and a third stays in the visor pocket.

Of course, it helps a lot that I forget my wallet less often than I forget to eat. I always wonder about the special talent cops seem to have for pulling over people who have a license but don't have it on them; in listening to the scanner, that seems to encompass a ridiculously high percentage of their stops.

 

[dbsoundguy]

Cool article...
pretty much sums it up in Arizona..
I have alot of Friends that are City, County and State LEOs( thats what happens when you were a Firefighter..lol)
That is pretty much how most of them work..

Love that part at the end about the "Mountain of a Man" getting out of the truck ...
That had to be a site..lol

I have been stopped a few times( nothing major) and usally i had my gun in my holster....
The first thing i do is put my hands on the sterring wheel and inform him that i have a gun in a holster or i have a CWP and have one concealed..
I have never had a problem because i just wait untill he tells me what he wants me to do...

 

[Doug]

I was stopped just inside the Texas state line, on my way home from Kalifornia where my daughter was stationed with the Navy. We'd been doing the marathon driving thing, trying to get home. My wife was sacked out in the back of our TrailBlazer on a futon cushion trying to catch a few z's while I pulled my shift driving.

It was around 3am and I was driving 65 mph. I got pulled over by a local LEO at around the 20 mile marker on I-40. When he came to the passenger door, he was VERY cautious, and asked for my D.L. and insurance. I handed over the D.L., my CHL and my insurance. And disclosed that I had a licensed firearm in my possesion.

He explained that he stopped me because I was doing 5 over. After my protest of doing the posted limit, he reminded me that Max speed on Texas highways after dark was 60 mph. I groaned and told him, "Well, I blew it! I totally forgot and I'm guilty" His demeanor had started to change when I gave him the CHL, but it really changed when I admitted that I pulled a boner and I was totally guilty.

He tossed his head back towards my wife who was just starting to stir and said, "She really looks zonked. Ya'll been on the road for a while , huh?" I replied, "Yes, Sir. A lot of hours now." "Well, slow down to 60 mph and stay there until after Amarillo. Those guys in that town don't cut no one any slack! After that you're alright. Incidentally, where's your gun and what is it?"

I told him it was in the fanny pack in the passenger seat, 2 inches under his hands. It was a Taurus 9mm. He looked down through the window at the fanny pack and said, "Hmmph! A 9mm huh? Get rid of that girly, pop-gun and buy yourself a REAL gun. Something starting with a '4'. I carry a .40 because my boss won't let me carry a .44 or a .45... Dirty Harry and all."

He said, "Good night. I got some bad guys to catch. Ya'll drive safe now!" He never once uttered a word about my unrestrained occupant (my wife layed out on the futon mattress). He could have gotten me for at least a $250.00 ticket. Depending on the county, it could have been MUCH higher. He boogied off into the night and so did I.

End of story.

 

[VegasGuy]

End of story.

Good story. It left me wanting to read more. :thumb:

 

[rwcreigh]

Wave the gun out of your car window while yelling loudly "I've got a gun."

let us know how that worked out for ya!!!lol











Borrowed from a poster on another website.

 

[HERSHEY]

i have had 4 traffic stops with handgun present, first was fishing for drunks, i did the traditional, i have a firearm statement as soon as he was in earshot, that wasn't cool. it all sorted out and no harm/no fine etc... my last 3 stops have all been in semi trucks during routine safety inspections, on all 3 i have had the drivers license and ccw card in hand at the window and never spoke a word until the officer recieved them, i found that to work allot better, usually they ask where the handgun is at, and that is it. i also feel the ccw card and a cooperative attitude has saved me allot of grief on the truck inspections, i don't know if it is mutual respect of the firearm, or what, but i always seem to get off easier than the other drivers in the company during these stops.