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Yes, Terry Stops require reasonable suspicion by the officer. However, as we all know it is not hard for an officer claim reasonable suspicion.

That said, it is going to depend a lot the claim of why the stop is made; Man with a gun phone call? Report of a man acting suspicious that, by the way, has a gun on his belt? Supposed report of a suspicious person in the area that fit the OCer's general description?

Bottom line, we all know if an officer wants to detain you, then they have ways of doing it and not even asking for ID. During that time they can usually determine if you are a risk and warrant further investigation or if you are pretty clean and they have no real reason to dig further.