A cop has rights too. This isn’t about permanently seizing a gun, or searching for a suspected gun and taking it, but having the right to control the scene during a stop.
And I don’t know of ANY state that argues against that. Here in AZ, we can carry concealed without a license, but IF a cop asks about guns, we have to tell him, and he has the right to secure the gun for the duration of the stop.
When do you get to secure the cops weapon. Why is ok for him to disarm you, while he is armed. He is not more special than you and these days certainly not more law abiding or honorable. Wher in the 2nd Amendment does it say they can do this. It says shall not be infringed, this sounds like infringement to me.
citizens have Rights...cops/gubmint has authority/power granted by the consent of the People...
maybe ifn cops would spend time catching criminals, ya know the rapists, murderers, robbers etc and less time injecting themselves into ordinary citizens lives, they wouldnt hafta fear the ordinary citizen more than the criminal...
and yeah, that means we need to re-define 'crime' and the use of a militarized force in our midst...
sorry for the nitpickin rant...
A cop has rights too.
Cops (as part of government) have POWERS. The question is what powers we the people invest in them.
I prefer they do not have the power to deny the right to self defense, unless there is probable cause or reasonable suspicion.