I agree. I put it this way to a friend, who is an investigator with a local agency:txcharvel wrote:
I admit, I don't understand the need for an officer to disarm an otherwise lawful citizen during a traffic stop (see comments in article). The average citizen, or officer of the law, would never know I'm carrying if they met me out in a restaurant or other social setting. But all of a sudden I become a threat when they pull me over and I tell them I'm lawfully carrying.
For the record, I have never been disarmed by a police officer, but the idea of it happening seems extremely insulting.
"You're driving your unmarked car and get involved in a fender-bender while traveling through a neighboring city. The responding officer, finding out that you're lawfully carrying a concealed weapon, decides to disarm you "for his protection". How insulted would YOU be?"