Any police cruiser has a data entry device. Enter the license plate number and the registered owner’s driver’s license info will come up. For many states, that will also include info on a CCL. They know who you are.
Actually, a lot of police cruisers these days have cameras that automatically read license plates and query various data systems to see if a hit of some sort pops up. DC cruisers definitely have them, two mounted externally on the rear quarter panels facing forward.
I don’t recall seeing them on MD state trooper cruisers, but I’ll pay attention for them the next time I head up 95. Which, given this article, may not be for a while.
The article (just an excerpt?) doesn’t reveal why the guy was tailed and pulled over. It only says that his wife was confused about the location of the gun. This may be, directly, a gun ownership/CCW issue, but it also raises very, very ugly questions about erosion of civil liberties.
The requirement for any permit makes it a privilege rather than a right. Do not comply.
>>Any police cruiser has a data entry device. Enter the license plate number and the registered owner’s driver’s license info will come up. For many states, that will also include info on a CCL. They know who you are.
Have you done a ride-along lately? Many police vehicles have LPR, automated license plate reader systems. Multiple cameras on the vehicle scan nearby license plates, OCR them, feed the license numbers into a database, and look for hits. The guy I was riding with was looking for outstanding warrants, unpaid tag fees, and lapsed auto insurance, which is not unreasonable. But then you get into an anti-2A Civil Rights borderline police state like Maryland, and they’re pretty clearly here using the system to harass those who exercise their 2A rights. This is stepping over a very big line, and is extraordinarily troubling.