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To: muawiyah
since that will most certainly get you shot.

Not necessarily shot, but most likely in a very uncomfortable position. Face down on the asphalt with several loaded "guns" pointed at you and several very nervous officers watching your hands.

Use common sense and let them know you are a law-abiding citizen who carries for the purpose of self-defense.

I have had a couple opportunities to talk with officers while I was carrying...they were comfortable with me since I let them know from the beginning that I had the permit. Both times I was treated respectfully by the officers.

There was another time I didn't even bother to inform since it was a basic traffic stop. If he had asked me to get out of the car, I would have complied after letting him know I was carrying so he could let me know how he wanted me to proceed.

337 posted on 05/08/2008 10:33:15 AM PDT by trussell (I carry because...When seconds count between life and death, the police are only minutes away)
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To: trussell
That is what happened to an unarmed young man who was just a passenger in a car just over in Maryland. He and his girlfriend (the driver) were being very careful. They obeyed each and every officer's order.

Then the FBI agent decided the kid was making a suspicious move and tried to blow his head off.

Turned out these two weren't even the people the cops were after.

You can never, ever trust the cops when they are holding guns on you ~ some of them aren't listening and are unaware of what they've told you to do.

The FBI field office in Baltimore was very uninformative down the road as reporters and lawyers for the injured party tried to find out what was going on and why this FBI agent seemed to have turned bad.

339 posted on 05/08/2008 10:50:26 AM PDT by muawiyah
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