2 years ago, we took a trip to Virginia to see family and then to upstate NY. When we left Virginia, I left all of my guns there so as to not have to worry about them if I got stopped. Sure enough, about 10 miles over the NY border, I got pulled over. Said I didn't give a signal when I changed lanes (I did but not the issue here). Then his comment was "where is your gun?" I said in Virginia. He asked if he could search my car and I asked if he had a warrant to which he said no but he could get one if I didn't allow him to search. I said then go ahead and get one, I'll wait. At this point of course my wife is getting frustrated but I told her this would be okay. The LEO got on the radio and after a few minutes he came up to the car and told me a warrant was on the way but it would go a whole lot better if I let him search before it got there. I said no, I'll wait and by the way, I would like to see a supervisor. He gets on the radio and calls for a supervisor which arrived in about 5 minutes (surprised). I explained to him that I was getting extremely frustrate at being detained only because I have Texas plates. He asked why I thought that and I explained the first question the officer asked me was where my gun was. Thats a pretty good indication. At this time we have been on the side of the road for about 45 minutes and I ask the supervisor if I am being charged with anything and he says no. I then ask if I am free to leave and he says yes. As I am driving off, I see the two of them talking for a few then the original officer comes up behind us and follows for about 15 miles before he exits.
The moral of this is, expect to be stopped if you have Texas plates because they assume everyone from Texas carries a gun
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