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Mike1951 wrote:Stevie,

You and LT need a CHL badge displayed next to your carry.

Oh, now thats just plain mean!

longtooth wrote:Question was forgetting it not intentionally leaving it at home.
Never forgot my gun but did realize I did not have my liscense once.

Same thing has happened to me more than once...

I go somewhere, and forgot to grab my wallet...But guess what is faithfully hanging on my hip???

I get the feeling after years of discussing a great many issues with Law Enforcement about issues like this, that after a short investigation, most times it is not an appreciable damning thing if you forget, and have not tried to evade the issue by being up front with them...Like everyone knows...They'll find out anyway...One way or another...

kryten67 wrote:I've been thinking about not renewing my license because its really not necessary anymore. I think the unlicensed people are getting a better deal. My .02cents

You know what the trick to all of this is???

Lets set it up...Because I had a discussion with a distinguished lawyer on this forum a couple of years ago about this...

Let say you are carrying a firearm IN your vehicle which is legal now, and that you do not fit into any of the restricting catagories as stated in the law that covers you in this instance...

A vague senario that presents a need to reasonably determine that you must defend yourself in the use of force or deadly force per the law in this state...Remember you are still in your vehicle...That "Castle Doctrine" thing is not in play at this time...(I know, poor choice of words, but I needed to get the point across...)

The law that protects your carrying of a firearm IN the vehicle becomes null and void, once you STEP OUT of that vehicle carrying (much less discharging that weapon) a firearm for ANY reason...

But in the long run, until someone tells me I do not need the "permission" slip to exersize my RKBA's, I will have my CHL and Utah (and soon to go away NH slip) plastic to cover me inside or outside my home, vehicle while out in public...

I am also a BIG fan of the state legislature passing an amendment (this next session) to eliminate the penalties for CHL'ers to notify law enforcement, for the very reasons non-CHL'ers carrying under this Motorist Protection Act of 2007, for the very same reasons they are not compelled to do so, as we are now...It only makes sense...Dispite my hypocracy to continue to do so everytime I am officially asked to do so by any Law Enforcement officer...

All I remember this doing to the general public (who were smart enough to take advantage of this provision in the law) was to basically encourage them to get their CHL's anyway, if they could...