I've never been able to get a straight answer on this subject from any official source.
Should someone with a carry permit notify a police officer who has stopped them in a traffic stop, and if so, when?
(I'm not talking about permits which allow you to transport a firearm in the locked case in the trunk, I mean CCW permits for a loaded firearm on a person.)
This situation has only occured once and that was several years ago.
(I know...I know...speeding bad...yeah...yeah...my fault...mea culpa...I was 10 miles over the limit, but he got me fair and square so I didn't complain or anything.)
I pulled right over, shut the car off, kept my hands on the wheel and gave him my licence, registration and insurance and carry permit, then told him what it was and were it was (If anyone really cares, G-19, IWB strong side), all the time keeping my hand on the wheel.
He wrote the ticket and didn't seem conserned or worried at all (Of course, that may have been because while he was talking to me from the passanger side, his partner approached on my blind spot on the drivers side, which I have to say was VERY smoothly and VERY quitely done because until he spoke up I never even knew he was almost in kissing distance, not exactly easy in boots and carrying 30 pounds of stuff on your belt...), just telling me leave it were it is, so I did.
He wrote the ticket, I sighed, he went on with his day, I went on with mine.
I was told later by another officer that I probably should not have informed that officer, unless he asked me to step out of the car, in which case I should tell him then and, of course, not to reach for the gun.
So my question, tell the officer at the begining of the encounter or tell him only if he askes me to leave the car for some reason?
Nothing in the CT General Statutes mentions one way or the other about a duty to inform an officer (that I could find, but something may have been added on Oct 1), but I'd like to know, when would you guys say is the prefered time to notify the officer of a firearm in the vehicle on your person?
No sudden movements, hands on the wheel, dome light on if its night...that's a given...what is prefered by you guys if you don't have a statute mandating that you be notified of someone carrying, at the start of the encounter or only if he asks me to step out of the car?
Should someone with a carry permit notify a police officer who has stopped them in a traffic stop, and if so, when?
(I'm not talking about permits which allow you to transport a firearm in the locked case in the trunk, I mean CCW permits for a loaded firearm on a person.)
This situation has only occured once and that was several years ago.
(I know...I know...speeding bad...yeah...yeah...my fault...mea culpa...I was 10 miles over the limit, but he got me fair and square so I didn't complain or anything.)
I pulled right over, shut the car off, kept my hands on the wheel and gave him my licence, registration and insurance and carry permit, then told him what it was and were it was (If anyone really cares, G-19, IWB strong side), all the time keeping my hand on the wheel.
He wrote the ticket and didn't seem conserned or worried at all (Of course, that may have been because while he was talking to me from the passanger side, his partner approached on my blind spot on the drivers side, which I have to say was VERY smoothly and VERY quitely done because until he spoke up I never even knew he was almost in kissing distance, not exactly easy in boots and carrying 30 pounds of stuff on your belt...), just telling me leave it were it is, so I did.
He wrote the ticket, I sighed, he went on with his day, I went on with mine.
I was told later by another officer that I probably should not have informed that officer, unless he asked me to step out of the car, in which case I should tell him then and, of course, not to reach for the gun.
So my question, tell the officer at the begining of the encounter or tell him only if he askes me to leave the car for some reason?
Nothing in the CT General Statutes mentions one way or the other about a duty to inform an officer (that I could find, but something may have been added on Oct 1), but I'd like to know, when would you guys say is the prefered time to notify the officer of a firearm in the vehicle on your person?
No sudden movements, hands on the wheel, dome light on if its night...that's a given...what is prefered by you guys if you don't have a statute mandating that you be notified of someone carrying, at the start of the encounter or only if he asks me to step out of the car?
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