Soccerdad1995 wrote:My only concern about this is when you couple it with the very real cases of legal ignorance on the part of some LEO's. We can disagree about the percentage of LEO's who do not know the laws they are enforcing, but some on this forum think that there is widespread ignorance of 30.06 and 30.07, for example. Just look at the number of people who openly theorize about "taking a ride" for carrying past a non-compliant sign.
Most every action starts out being legal unless there is a law against it, so logic might dictate that if I am unaware of a law against something then I should assume it is legal. Alot of LEO's apparently do not operate this way, and I fear that this, coupled with the right to disarm, could lead to abuse.
I don't see it as a problem, this issue was covered in my CHL class and it was made clear that, yes the police can disarm you as a matter of safety, depending on the circumstances. I have had several interactions with police and have displayed my CHL as a matter of course. The only questions I have received were whether or not I was carrying at the time, and where the gun was located. I understand as a former LEO, that there may be times when disarming a licensed carrier may be the prudent thing to to, such as domestic disturbances, or other potentially violent encounters, but I have heard of only few cases where a carrier was disarmed. The issue that the police can disarm you is not new, and most police officers are comfortable around armed LTC holders and will not take steps to disarm unless it is clear that there is just cause.JMHO