Nice video...very well done.
I was stopped driving out of a small Idaho town and a local police officer pulled me over for “ramping up from 35 to 46 about 100 feet before the speed limit sign for 45.
I was alone and he approached my pickup from the passenger side and told me what I had done and I freely agreed that indeed I had beat the increased speed sign. He told me he was giving me a warning.
I gave him my license, registration and proof of insurance and he walked back to his patrol car. I could see him talking on his radio in the rear view mirror.
He came back up to the passenger window and said, “I notice you are a concealed carry permit holder” and asked me if I had a firearm in my vehicle, which I said yes.
He said, “I would consider it a courtesy if you told me that when I first approached your vehicle”.
I told him that I had CCW permits in 3-states and had taken advanced handgun combat courses, all taught by either active or ex-LEOs and all had said to shut up if stopped by the police...don’t volunteer anything. He said that may be so, but he would consider it a courtesy to be informed.
I thanked him and went my merry way and have asked several LEO pals what they thought of the encounter and everyone I asked said I should have told him to screw off it was none of his business.
On the extremely rare occassion when I have direct contact with law enforcement I am unbelievably polite and cooperative, so telling him to pound sand never entered my mind.
I did mention to the officer that he should consider that CCW permit holders as a group have the lowest crime rate in the nation and we were not the bad guys. He agreed, but again gave me the courtesy thing.
Alls well that ends well, I guess.
I always thought it was the law to tell them right away.
In Ohio one, by law, must advise the LEO, as soon as you are approached, that you have a CCW and are armed. If you are driving a car titled to you, the LEO knows before stopping you that you have an CCW In the 5-7 times I have been pulled over and so advised the LEO, not a one of them has said a word about my being armed.