In a "CHL only" world he has no reason to fear 1 or 5 armed CHL holders.A-R wrote: Now, put yourself in the LEOs ' shoes: you're out alone at night with 3 armed subjects who are acting squirrelly ... would YOU feel safe if you were required to let them each keep their guns until you developed enough info to basically arrest them? Or would you prefer to temporarily disarm them while you conducted your investigation, alone?
Certainly LEOs past, present, and future have abused this authority to disarm. But that's not reason to throw out the baby with the bath water.
In a "Licensed Open Carry" world once he has seen their licenses he has no reason to fear for his safety.
In an "Unlicensed Open or Constitutional Carry" world I can see it going south real quick when he tries to disarm 3 "squirrelly" people by himself.