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...add that something may be in the car that you had nothing to do with, placed or dropped there by a valet parker, a previous owner, a person who rode with your son...that you can't see as you clean your car...but the dog can smell...if they search my old truck, it'll be because I can't legally prevent it...
...sadly enough, the LEO planting evidence is historical fact...and history does repeat itself from time to time... "Just Say No" works for me...

...excellent...thanks for posting it...

...wherever it shows up stolen...it's confiscated...sometimes the present possessor has recourse (like if it was bought in a pawn shop)...sometimes none...Caveat Emptor...

...readin' that list, confiscation sounds more and more reasonable...providin' I can be the officer...you guys had a LOT of fun!!!

"... I'm not even close to resembling some sort of standard profiling stereotype..." (snicker, snicker, snark, snark...)

...no doubt, once he has arrested me, he has the right to inventory anything I have on me...and the car...but the traffic stop is not an arrest, and he can only do what the law allows with reference to my CHL weapon...by law...unless he can articulate probable cause to search...I still wouldn't have a problem with him NCIC checking my carry pistols...but not whatever else was in my car...

...the law doesn't authorize running the CHL weapon while the officer has us disarmed, but it would be natural and instinctive to run it...I think the "disarm" law should have been written to clearly say one way or the other...

...I personally don't mind if he runs the guns I'm CHLing...if and while he's "holding them" for his safety and mine...but not cased guns...that's a search...and I'm not sure that he has the right to run the CHL guns in NCIC...I just know it's not that big a deal to me and MANY crimes have been solved by running a gun found on a traffic stop in NCIC...so I'm personally for it...it's a fine line...but not a faint one...

...and proof of ownership cannot legally be required if it's in your possession and you've not broken any law...any LEO who runs it in NCIC and finds it not listed stolen must give it back to you...if nothing else is involved, such as being arrested...