Question about requirement to disclose you are carrying?

[Dragonfighter]

Duty bound or wise? If you are carrying under MPA and will be reaching for anything, proof of insurance for example that puts you close to it, let the cop know. It had occurred to me that when stopped or ID is demanded and you are carrying, you are required by law to present both but I have not seen any kind of similar requirements for MPA. It was really starting to wear on me when the law changed removing the penalty portion of the ID law. So, okay.

Anytime you are interacting with an LEO the tone of the encounter will be largely set by your attitude. Disclosing your armed MAY make the encounter a lot less contentious whether or not there is a duty issue at hand.

[WildBill]

Duty bound or wise? If you are carrying under MPA and will be reaching for anything, proof of insurance for example that puts you close to it, let the cop know. It had occurred to me that when stopped or ID is demanded and you are carrying, you are required by law to present both but I have not seen any kind of similar requirements for MPA. It was really starting to wear on me when the law changed removing the penalty portion of the ID law. So, okay.

Anytime you are interacting with an LEO the tone of the encounter will be largely set by your attitude. Disclosing your armed MAY make the encounter a lot less contentious whether or not there is a duty issue at hand.

Having covered the law, I will now mention once again that tactics makes a big difference in your life. When you are polite and cooperative with an officer, he will be much more inclined to release you with a warning. When you obstruct him or irritate him, he will be much more inclined to arrest you. This may not be nice or fair or even right, but cops are humans with human emotions. That is the real world.

[cw3van]

Duty bound or wise? If you are carrying under MPA and will be reaching for anything, proof of insurance for example that puts you close to it, let the cop know. It had occurred to me that when stopped or ID is demanded and you are carrying, you are required by law to present both but I have not seen any kind of similar requirements for MPA. It was really starting to wear on me when the law changed removing the penalty portion of the ID law. So, okay.

Anytime you are interacting with an LEO the tone of the encounter will be largely set by your attitude. Disclosing your armed MAY make the encounter a lot less contentious whether or not there is a duty issue at hand.

Having covered the law, I will now mention once again that tactics makes a big difference in your life. When you are polite and cooperative with an officer, he will be much more inclined to release you with a warning. When you obstruct him or irritate him, he will be much more inclined to arrest you. This may not be nice or fair or even right, but cops are humans with human emotions. That is the real world.

[usmc386k]

So what I've read, is compelling. In other words you can only disclose information that you at willing to disclose. Meaning. When you are stopped for a traffic violation you have to show ur CHL/DL of course but you have the right not t answer any questions past that point. I've always have had bad experiences when stopped by law enforcement just cause I'm heavily tattooed being past military I have 0 respect for law enforcement showing me disrespect without knowing who I am. Just going off what they see doesn't make it right. So I myself disclose as little information to any officer that stops me since it's my constitutional right. That's being said I always record every traffic stop just for my personal safety since I am a carrying legally a firearm in my possession. And now days law enforcement can't be trusted

[Abraham]

"And now days law enforcement can't be trusted"

You'll pleasantly surprised then to see how many good law enforcement folks we have on this board.

Also, while some people here get a little carried away with law enforcement critiquing, most of us consider outright law enforcement bashing to be poor form.

[sammeow]

"And now days law enforcement can't be trusted"

You'll pleasantly surprised then to see how many good law enforcement folks we have on this board.

Also, while some people here get a little carried away with law enforcement critiquing, most of us consider outright law enforcement bashing to be poor form.

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