Last night I had gotten out of work late and stopped by my church to check the doors and lights.
On the way home at 104 AM, I noticed a Lake Dallas police cruiser behind me. I made 2 textbook, long stops at
2 stop signs. Then he lit me up and pulled me over. I figured that this was a late night roust just to see who I
was and why I was out at that hour.
I was blinded by his 2 bright takedown lights on his light bar, as well as both of the A-pillar mounted spotlights,
so I could not see which officer it was. I know 2 of the 2nd/3rd shift LDPD officers, who are familar with who I am
and why I am out late at night (work late/check church property). As the officer walked up slowly, I asked
"Are you <Officer A/Officer B?>, figuring that it was someone else, but I would let him know I knew his 2 peers by name.
The encounter went like this, with the funny question highlighted in color:
SIA - What's the reason for the stop?
LD - You have a plastic cover over your license plate. May I see your license?
Since I was carrying both of my guns, I had not gone for my wallet and had both hands resting in plain sight
on my driver's door windowsill.
SIA - Let me tell you that my wallet is in my cargo pants, I'm a CHL, and I'm carrying 2.
Let me know how you want to proceed.
LD - You're carrying 2? Where is your wallet and where are your guns?
SIA - The wallet's in my left front cargo pants pocket, I have one in my right front pocket, and the other one is
in my seatbelt holster, concealed by a towel.
LD, sounding surprised - You have one in a seatbelt holster?
SIA - Yes.
LD - Are they both loaded?
SIA - Of course!
LD shines his Maglite on my left front pants pocket and tells me to go ahead and get my DL/CHL out.
The stop lasted about 18 minutes, which seemed forever.
Outcome: Warning for obstructed plate, but he never said "take it off".
Since then I have just laughed and laughed at the "Are they both loaded?" question.
If they weren't loaded, I'd have to use them like the BG's who shot at Superman, then threw their
empty snubbies at him. That's not the highest and best use of handguns, IMHO. :-)
SIA