Posted on 01/01/2010 7:09:42 PM PST by Perseverando
Nothing pertinent to add to story. Have at it fellow Freepers.
OK....you live in VA. If asked, does one have to reveal if the are carrying a firearm in VA.???
In MN, If asked, one must respond yes or no.
I appreciate their efforts, but a few too many Virginian police officers seem to have rolled off of the same assembly line. You know, the one next to the Skoal Bandits factory?
On top of that, there are numerous exceptions to the Miranda requirement.
It appears the stop was valid. Just answer the officers question and move on. Just because you have a conceal carry permit dose not give you the right to be a jerk. This is the kind of stuff liberals and the gun loonies use to claim gun owners are unstable!
In AZ you are required to answer. I guess you could refuse but they can revoke your permit.
I've never had any problems doing this in the course of going through ‘clickit-or-ticket’ and ‘Booze it and lose it’ traffic stops. Most of our local cops act like they couldn't care less. A few show some interest like you'd expect from a gun enthusiast.
I've never had any problems doing this in the course of going through ‘clickit-or-ticket’ and ‘Booze it and lose it’ traffic stops. Most of our local cops act like they couldn't care less. A few show some interest like you'd expect from a gun enthusiast.
Was he free to leave?
Yeah, it’s not like they’re going shoot you for admitting to carrying a handgun in compliance with your permit....
I don’t think so, it does not require you to answer, the police already have all of that info via license plate and driver license. This guy is about to get a 100K check from the City of Roanoke later in the year. VCDL is really good about this type stuff and Virginia Beach has had to pay out a few times for things like this. The guy would have been free to go, but the cop must have thought he was guilty of something, you would think they would learn to leave the CHP holders alone. More of the DUI exception to Constitution problem also, why was he stopped in the first place?
In NC if he was carrying openly he would not have needed the CCW, now whether or not the CCW meant he had to answer if he was not using the permit’s ability is a different matter altogether.
VA is sort of funny State, AFAIK they do not have a open carry provision, and I have to wonder if his CCW prohibited him from carrying with X nu mber of feet of a House of Worship so he did not wish to own up to carrying.
The police were fishing, that section of town is a bad one.
Being in Ohio I have to inform them I have a gun when stopped. If I don't I will lose the CCW.
Someone should know what's required in VA.
not really, if he had a valid permit and they knew that from the licence plate, there was no reason to even ask the question. This is where the City is going to get nailed on a Civil Right violation. Also, it is General Assembly time, Virginia has a part-time legislature that only meets for about 2 months, so the VCDL might get the CDL laws strengthened again. Virginia Beach has been having problems following the gun presumption law too (No local gun laws allowed).
I couldn’t find a provision in VA laws that prohibit carrying near a house of worship.
Nor could I find a provision that states one must tell an officer whether or not one has a firearm, even if the officer asks.
huh, Virginia is an open-carry state, you have to carry openly in bars and restaurants due to alcohol rules as least for another year.
VA is really pretty straightforward. It is an open carry state and a shall issue state. VCDL is very pro-active.
I also think that this guy has a big check coming to him from taxpayer dollars...
You can carry in a church if you have a “Good” reason, I would say going to a church on Williamson Road after dark is a good reason. Virginia is a “very-very” pro-gun and CHP state.
“I don’t think so...”
Does anybody in VA know, for certain?
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