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Here's my gut feeling on this. There was no reason to search you. You had a basic moving violation and that isn't probable cause. I feel like it's a tactic used to discourage people from carrying. It's the equivalent of "griefing" to use a gaming term. It's just intentionally holding things up and causing a delay in order to irritate someone.

"GC §411.207. (from the DPS site)

AUTHORITY OF PEACE OFFICER TO DISARM.

A peace officer who is acting in the lawful discharge of the officer's official duties may disarm a license holder at any time the officer reasonably believes it is necessary for the protection of the license holder, officer, or another individual. The peace officer shall return the handgun to the license holder before discharging the license holder from the scene if the officer determines that the license holder is not a threat to the officer, license holder, or another individual and if the license holder has not violated any provision of this subchapter or committed any other violation that results in the arrest of the license holder."

I'd like to understand why he "reasonably believes it is necessary for the protection of the license holder, officer, or another individual" to search and then run guns that were not even on your person (from what I can tell). I'd comply with his order, but I'd get a supervisor out there, and I'd make sure I stated that it was under protest. And before it might get mentioned, I like and respect LEOs, but I think this kind of situation is an abuse of power.