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that was great.

I fully expected a ticket.
You're just pizzy because you got the ticket you deserved. HAHAHAHA!

There is a fine line between "I don't have to" and "I should probably..."

In many places it is not illegal to carry a shotgun while taking a walk...probably not a good idea to exercise that right in practice, however. Or exercising my right to crack my dark tinted window enough to slip my DL through the crack when getting pulled over at 3am on a dark, unlit street.
I liken this to the guy that is lying in a mangled pool of city bus-pedestrian-collision-bloody mess...on his back in the street, mustering up enough life to mutter "pedestrians have the right-of-way!"

You do what you do...and we'll do what we do. Why? because people like you do what you do.

that was fun...thanks for the opportunity! ha! ;^)

PS...I KNEW you were a firefighter at "PBI"

I KNOW! I have two issues at the moment...1) I don't have a suitable holster for my large frame auto, and using my messenger bag would be cheating...and 2) All three Wallys in my area are out Out OUT of ammo. It just wouldn't be the same to do my walk to purchase golf balls or a chinese tool set, ya know??

I was pulled over tonight, just a week into having my CHL...I was speeding and I KNEW I was popped. It went something like this:
LEO: "Evening...license and insurance please..." (he was standing out of my field of view, but I rolled down all my windows and turned on my map lights)
me: "Here's this, and my insurance is somewhere up here.." (handing him both licenses, casually, and looking behind my sunvisor for my insurance card) I didn't even look at him.
LEO: "Are you carrying now?"
me: "Yessir..."
LEO: "Where are...."
me: "It's in my bag" (messenger bag on the passenger seat)

"OK...the reason I pulled you over is you were doing 50 in a 35...." *I wince*
me: "Man...sorry about that...I was just happy to get out of Medic School early tonight..."
LEO: "Are you with a department?" (must have looked at my fire academy sticker)
me: "Not yet...I was hoping to hedge my bets with medic school...hopefully...yadda yadda...midlife career change...yadda yadda..."
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cut to the chase; he hands me my plastic and says "it's 35...try to keep it down over here".
I say "thank you...I appreciate it...stay safe..." and I am on my way.

Moral of the story is...I was up-front, calm (as I could be...I tend to get B&W fever), and courteous. All he did was ask where my pistol was, I told him, and we ended up talking for about 3 minutes about bull before he cut me loose.
Our CHL tells them we are GG's not BG's...and once they feel comfortable talking to you knowing you are armed, well, I am currently batting 1000...knock on wood. Not bad for not having done my Wally Walk yet, eh?