Posted on 12/30/2014 10:13:46 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
A year ago this New Year’s Eve, John Filippidis of Florida was driving south with his family on Interstate 95 when the Maryland Transportation Authority Police pulled over his black Ford Expedition and proceeded to raid it while his twins, wife and daughter looked on — separated in the back seats of different police cruisers.
The officers were searching for Mr. Filippidis‘ Florida-licensed, palm-size Kel-Tec .38 semi-automatic handgun, which he left at home locked in his safe. (Maryland does not recognize handgun permits issued by other states.)
When the search turned up nothing, Mr. Filippidis, 51, was allowed to go and was issued only a speeding warning.
The incident gained national attention. Mr. Filippidis went on multiple radio programs and described in detail how scared and outraged he and his family were. He wondered: How did the police know he was licensed for concealed carry, and what right did they have to search through his personal items on the side of the busy interstate filled with holiday travelers on that 10-degree day?
“My wife’s hysterical, shaking and crying,” Mr. Filippidis recalled in an interview with The Washington Times. “I don’t have a criminal record. I own a business. I’m a family man, and I tried to explain that to [the officer]. But he had a bad attitude, didn’t want to hear my story. He just wanted to find that gun and take me away from my family. That was his goal, but he couldn’t do it, because I didn’t have a gun, like I told him.”
Mr. Filippidis‘ case earned the support of Second Amendment advocates and subsequent apologies from the MDTA. But an internal police review concluded his stop and search were lawful and did not violate police protocols.
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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.
They may not have been looking for the Kel-Tec specifically, they were looking for *any* weapon since he has a CCW in another state.
From the article:
“...The officers were searching for Mr. Filippidis‘
Florida-licensed, palm-size Kel-Tec .38 semi-automatic handgun...”
That IS what the article says.
Remember: Journalist accuracy with firearms matters is... suspect.
OK.
You want me to believe the journalist just made up
“palm-size Kel-Tec .38 semi-automatic handgun”
out of thin air.
Got it.
Thanks.
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.
what the hell happened to my tagline, dammit
just bought a bersa thunder 308
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’ve got mixed emotions about that.
I believe the bill of rights placed restrictions on the feds
and the ugly 14th amendment “incorporated” them unto the states.
I wonder to myself; to myself, I wonder...
How come South Carolina recognizes my Georgia driver’s license
but they don’t recognize my Georgia concealed carry permit?
Why is that, I wonder to myself.
once you legally own a gun in
arizona you can carry it anywhere
Is that the one you were bidding on the other night?
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.
not biddin , outright purchase
was doin my dd`s on price and availability
Who did you hear that from?
1. Kel-Tec does not make any Kel-Tec .38 semi-automatic handguns. They *do* make .380 ACP handguns, but there’s a big difference between .38 Special and .380 ACP. The journalist didn’t make it.
2. The journalist was probably told that the man being persecuted by MD police had a CCW and had a Kel-Tec. He then *assumed* the MD cops were looking specifically for that Kel-Tec when there’s no way for those officers to know what weapon he carries - Florida does not register guns nor are their CCW records linked to any specific firearm. The latter is an NYC specific thing.
This is correct in Texas and a number of other states I am familiar with.
CCW is a great thing, but once you fill out ANY government forms, you’re on their radar.
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