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Your friend could always take the matter to the newspapers, TV shows and talk radio. That would certainly put some public pressure on the cops to drop all this nonsense. Of course, that could have legal consequences...I don't know, IANAL. Maybe he could just mention to the cops that he intends to do this, and see how they take it from there, you know in an assertive way like, "I know that the UCW charge against me is bogus, and you taking my gun is illegitimate, so unless you give it back, and have my record expunged, I'm going to the media."

tfrazier wrote:I saw some mighty nice guns get ground into dime size pieces over the years.

Out of curiosity, how do they do this?

Tireshred wrote:He was stopped for going 52 in a 45.

That's not even close to an offense worse than a Misd. B or A. This whole thing stinks!

Tireshred wrote:The LEO asked where he was going and when he said where, he was asked if he had any guns. He said yes, the LEO moved the bag and saw the gun and arrested him for unlawful possession of a firearm.

If it truly was the LEO that un-concealed the gun, then there was no crime committed by the citizen. It shouldn't matter if the method of concealment was a gym bag, shirt, console, safe, etc. Concealed means concealed. Since the officer had to ask if there were any guns and where the guns were means that they were already properly concealed. The citizen did not un-conceal the guns, therefore he did not commit the offense of "failure to conceal." And if his traffic violation was not a Misdemeanor B or A, then there is no connection between the offense and the possession of guns. Therefore, the UCW charge was completely unwarranted. Fight it!

But, IANAL, and so I'm only looking from the standpoint of theory, not practice.