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- Sat Dec 20, 2008 11:50 pm
- Forum: LEO Contacts & Bloopers
- Topic: My first LEO encounter after receiving my license
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Re: My first LEO encounter after receiving my license
Thank you everyone for your input. Now the only thing I have to worry about is how to pay for the ticket
- Sat Dec 20, 2008 6:52 pm
- Forum: LEO Contacts & Bloopers
- Topic: My first LEO encounter after receiving my license
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Re: My first LEO encounter after receiving my license
As Mr.Wildbill pointed out, I'll take a look at the laws again, but from my understanding, I have to abide by the Texas CHL law, which says that when an officer asks for your id, you have to present your CHL card with it.flb_78 wrote:Why would you give a Utah permit to a Texas officer to begin with?
Are you saying this because I had to ask you guys if I'm legal?WildBill wrote:It sounds like you and the DPS officer need to brush up the the CHL laws.
- Sat Dec 20, 2008 6:13 pm
- Forum: LEO Contacts & Bloopers
- Topic: My first LEO encounter after receiving my license
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My first LEO encounter after receiving my license
I just received my Utah CFP in the mail on Monday, and today I get pulled over for speeding by a DPS officer. He was very nice and professional (no surprise there), but when I handed him my Utah permit, he did look a little confused.
As expected, I got a bunch of questions about why I have a Utah permit, did I ever live there, why I didn't have a Texas permit, what type of offense was keeping me from getting my Texas license, am I armed and where is it...
But he did make me question for a minute if I am legal or not. He said that even though Texas has an agreement with the state of Utah, since I am a resident of Texas, it doesn't cover me here??? He said that if I were walking in the mall or something and I hand the officer my Utah card, it would look really suspicious. It's been a couple of hours so I can't recall every single word, but that was the gist of the conversation.
He told me to keep my hands where they were (one hanging out the window and one on the steering wheel), then after he came back from the car with my speeding ticket, he asked me what kind of gun I was carrying, how I got the Utah card when I've never been to Utah, reminded me to get my Texas permit as soon as I am able too and told us to drive safe and have a nice day.
I am assuming that while in the car, either he looked up the law concerning the Utah out of state permit, or realized that I am still legal since we were 'traveling'. We were in Terrell and live in Plano, so about an hour drive.
Just for my own assurance, am I in fact able to carry a concealed handgun in Texas using my Utah CFP, even though I have lived in Texas my whole life?
As expected, I got a bunch of questions about why I have a Utah permit, did I ever live there, why I didn't have a Texas permit, what type of offense was keeping me from getting my Texas license, am I armed and where is it...
But he did make me question for a minute if I am legal or not. He said that even though Texas has an agreement with the state of Utah, since I am a resident of Texas, it doesn't cover me here??? He said that if I were walking in the mall or something and I hand the officer my Utah card, it would look really suspicious. It's been a couple of hours so I can't recall every single word, but that was the gist of the conversation.
He told me to keep my hands where they were (one hanging out the window and one on the steering wheel), then after he came back from the car with my speeding ticket, he asked me what kind of gun I was carrying, how I got the Utah card when I've never been to Utah, reminded me to get my Texas permit as soon as I am able too and told us to drive safe and have a nice day.
I am assuming that while in the car, either he looked up the law concerning the Utah out of state permit, or realized that I am still legal since we were 'traveling'. We were in Terrell and live in Plano, so about an hour drive.
Just for my own assurance, am I in fact able to carry a concealed handgun in Texas using my Utah CFP, even though I have lived in Texas my whole life?