And yet you have still to explain how the MD cops could have known about that *specific* Kel-Tec. They couldn’t know from Florida.
“.......how the MD cops could have known about that *specific* Kel-Tec”.........
The author of the article seems to have interviewed the gun owner who more than likely, told the writer that he had a Kel-Tec and that it was home in his safe. To me that was pretty clear as there is no way the cops would have know if the gun had been a Colt Peacemaker, S&W or Kel-Tec anything.
“And yet you have still to explain how the MD cops could have known about that *specific* Kel-Tec. They couldn’t know from Florida.”
From the article, the officer saw the CCW permit in the man’s wallet as he searched for his driver’s license. He then asked the man about the gun, the man said he did not have it with him. The man may well have told the officer the make and model at that time.
Then he asked the wife, separately, about the pistol. She said it might be in the glove box. He could have got the make and model from her.
More than anything, this shows the folly of talking to the police. If the man and his wife would have agreed not to give any information to police, other than required by law, they might have got a ticket and been on their way.
I suspect the officer is rabidly anti-second amendment, and carefully looks for these sort of things. He preys on law abiding peoples trust of police, on the assumption that the “system” will work for them. Unfortunately, they were naive.