“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.
The wife should be required to watch this:
Don’t Talk to Police
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc
Very worth the 48 minutes. It seemed like a good time to repost this.
If he said the gun wasn’t in the truck and then the wife said something different, then there is going to be an issue. The fact that he separated the two for a mere traffic stop sounds like a pretty sketchy fishing expedition.
Wondering what questions an officer can require you to answer vs. what can be refused. Does refusal to answer constitute probable cause?