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Virginia does the same. If you have a CCW and get pulled by the police, they will ask if you are packing and run the gun to make sure it is legal (not stolen)
Yes, on an individual basis. Here, they grabbed the entire list and turned it over to the Feds. Why?
Write to your state governor and ask if he has received similar requests from the Feds and if he complied!
That goes beyond “officer safety”. It is an illegal search IMO. Do they ask if you have a stereo in the car and check the reported serial numbers for theft reports too? How about your clothing tags? Whoa, let’s check the tires too.
They should do that in the hood, too.
How the individual states deal with CCW permits is the choice of the states.
The Feds have no right or justification for collecting information identifying gun owners. This is the crux of the argument against expanded Federal gun control. They never obey their own laws. If there is a list of gun owners they will break the letter and spitit of the law to obtain it.
Every time we say we are concerned with the Feds collecting lists of gun owners we get ridiculed and called extremists.
But when it happens, repeatedly, the violation of our rights and the hypocrisy of the Feds is ignored.
Don’t believe this. Been stopped 3 times with my CCW, and they NEVER ASKED if I was carrying. VA law requires that the first words out of my mouth when stopped and carrying are, “Officer, I have a CCW and am carrying.”
Every time I was stopped, the officer said, “That’s fine - I don’t need to see it.”
NEVER did the officer ask to see the weapon and run a check on the weapon. NEVER.
In fact, the one thing the DON’T want is you reaching for your weapon! They perceive that as a threat - and you are risking getting shot by doing so. LEO friends have told me this.
And, to add, Virginia law as of last year allows anyone to carry a concealed weapon in their glove compartment or console. No CCW needed. And while a CCW carrier is required to notify the officer, a LEO told me that non-CCW carrier who has a weapon is not required to notify that he/she has a concealed weapon in the vehicle.
On one stop I did not have a weapon in the car. When I handed the officer my DL, he saw my CCW - and then asked, “I see your CCW there - are you carrying?” “No, sir. If I had been carrying, law would have required me to notify you immediately.” He smiled.
Wow. Even Massachusetts doesn't do this. We carry a separate LTC and are told that it is best to volunteer info that we are carrying...if we are.