[JimRed]

But I’d wager he wasn’t complying because he didn’t want them to find the gun...and resisting the police, with a concealed illegal gun in your pocket, is asking for disaster.

Illegal gun? The second amendment make no such distinction, so there's no such thing. If he shouldn't be armed, he shouldn't be free.

[lacrew]

“Illegal gun? The second amendment make no such distinction, so there’s no such thing. If he shouldn’t be armed, he shouldn’t be free.”

He was a convicted felon, and forfeited his civil rights. Whether or not you agree with that practice, it is the practice - and Sterling had to have known that he was facing a weapons charge, once they arrested him and patted him down.