The entire article is good.
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
“...searching for his Kel-Tec .38 semi-automatic handgun...”
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I don’t know about Florida, or Maryland, but here in Georgia
I have a “weapons carry permit”, but it is not linked to any particular weapon.
Beginning to look like a CCW is a mixed blessing when you travel. I hate the FedGov., but since the 2A is a bedrock liberty issue, maybe it’s time for an all encompassing federal law that preempts all State CCW laws and institutes a National Right to Carry Statute that places restraints on what States can do to restrict the carrying of weapons while traveling.
Or in a way worse: Perhaps Just-Us Holder has illegally pooled gun-owner records from all 50 states and distributed the database to regimes like MD and NY that don't recognize the 2A. And therefore, if you're a known gun owner, that's probable cause that you're doing something illegal with it.
I have heard that when a cop runs a license plate number, the screen will tell them if the vehicle’s owner has a concealed carry permit.
CCW is a great thing, but once you fill out ANY government forms, you’re on their radar.
Pigs sharing information. AKA connecting the dots.
Looks like a good opportunity for a brilliant media circus..
Maryland police depts have their asses hanging out..
can be baited and someone at the top engineered this fiasco..
We live in SW PA but briefly have to enter Western MD on Rt 40 till we hit Grantsville and turn north.
I had to remind Dad that if we got stopped by the police and they asked if we had firearms he was to lie and say no.
He is a devout Catholic and a disabled Vet.
He sarcastically asked if MD was part of America.
Maryland the gulag state bump for later..
I know in Texas, if I’m stopped and for some really stupid reason I do not have my CHL sidearm on me......I’m not required to show the license to the officer or tell them I do not have a firearm on me.....
Yet....
When they return my driver license to me after a wants and warrants check they will hang back at the B-Pillar and ask why I did not tell them I was armed.... They know from ones drivers. license that you have the CHL / CCW permit when they enter it in the computer or radio dispatch.
I am one that will say as required I am a CHL holder armed or to be polite to the officer albeit not required if not packing my pistola...not armed.
In a liberal progressive socialist state such as MD where 98% of the populace are liberal socialists or criminal liars I can see where cops can not believe anyone they stop.
But to trash a vehicle, throw all their possessions around and search the vehicle without permission without a detector dog alert giving probable cause for a roadside search etc ......
No ....these MD state troopers screwed the pooch if just the info running the license told them the driver had a CCW/CHL permit in another state was probable cause to toss the entire vehicle.
Seems more needs to be done to target the individual officer and of course his department for such BS. LEO’s and FLEA’s use to be able to think for themselves and understood policy is not law.
Too bad this family wasn’t illegals the state of Maryland may have given them a free gun, car, home, bank account, food stamps etc ...
The 3rd page of the article had important information.
Here’s my take:
The driver was speeding, the cop pulled him over. Before leaving the cruiser, the cop ran a license plate check and saw the owner had a CC permit. He took the driver to his cruiser and asked about any weapons in the car, then cross-questioned the wife and got a different answer (might be one in the car).
Decided to search and needed probable cause so ‘suddenly’ smelled pot, and ‘felt threatened’ by the driver’s ‘hidden’ hands.
Basically, the cop fabricated the reasons for probable cause to try and snare a handgun.
My take-away, the driver needs to get his wife onboard with what to NOT say about his guns..
In a slightly related incident, I was rear-ended by the son of a small town councilman and the arriving cop was determined to give ME the ticket. He said he smelled alcohol and asked if I would do a breath test, I consented and it was negative. He didn’t bother to check the other driver, so I said, “If you smell alcohol and we know it isn’t me and you don’t think it is the other driver, it has to be YOU because you are the only other person here!” He got pissed and I demanded a supervisor on the scene. Another cop came and they put their heads together and found something to charge me on, later thrown out in court.
Cops can be real thuggish when they wan to be and it seems they want to be more often these days.
I hate that rotgut state. $8.00 rip off toll on the I_95 plus one time I exited and threw change in the toll bin. The light never turned green so off I went. They gave me a nice little fine by mail. Also a cop got me at a speed trap going over 10mph the limit. I asked the cop for leniency since I was running late to make a flight. No dice-— another little extortion fee fine. Flux Mal-land.
But an internal police review concluded his stop and search were lawful and did not violate police protocols.
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This is the reason why police get shot... in general cops are not heroes, they are merely instruments of aggression of the state against the people. This man likely had a “NRA” or similar bumper sticker on his car. In America Andy Griffith is no longer with us ,, the Sheriff of Nottingham is.
For those who are not familiar with just how shockingly unconstitutional Maryland’s gun laws are:
https://www.mdsp.org/FAQs.aspx
“How can I legally transport firearms within / through Maryland? Answer: They must be unloaded, in a carrying case, holster with a flap and the ammunition should be separate. It would be best to keep the unloaded weapon in the trunk where you do not have access to it. There are further regulations but essentially you can only transport a handgun between residence, to and from a repair shop, a shooting sporting event, between a residence and place of business if substantially owned and operated by the person.”
This People’s Republic is not in any way part of the United States or any other free country.
North Carolina Concealed Weapons Permit holders are given a recommendation to hold their hands out the window when law enforcement pulls you over; it is a courtesy to law enforcement because your Concealed Weapons Permit is reported to DMV. The flip side is that law enforcement sees Concealed Carry citizens (except for a minority) as partners in stopping crime.
But an internal police review concluded his stop and search were lawful and did not violate police protocols.
There are no “good” cops. A good analysis below.
http://conspiracydesk.com/there-are-no-good-cops/#sthash.oNhEF9tB.dpbs
And so, nothing changes...