My question is, Is it LEGAL for the officer to ask if there is a gun in the car?
Can the driver decline to answer?
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- Wed Sep 21, 2005 1:47 pm
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When is Rosenthals term over? He needs to go.
Good info in that TSRA letter. I doesn't however address the point of being asked by the officer if there is a firearm in the vehicle.
Is it legal for the officer to ask? If the driver refuses to answer, I'd imagine some officers would take that as an admission of guilt.
If the driver lies and says no, there is no firearms in the vehicle, then they have committed a crime by lying and therefore are carrying a weapon in the commission of a crime.
Where's the line?
Good info in that TSRA letter. I doesn't however address the point of being asked by the officer if there is a firearm in the vehicle.
Is it legal for the officer to ask? If the driver refuses to answer, I'd imagine some officers would take that as an admission of guilt.
If the driver lies and says no, there is no firearms in the vehicle, then they have committed a crime by lying and therefore are carrying a weapon in the commission of a crime.
Where's the line?