Cop threatens to execute driver over concealed weapon permit

Jalopnik ^ | 7/21/2011 | Justin Hyde

[William Tell]

FirstFlaBn said: "If notifying the officer that the driver has a CCW permit is so important, why not require the police to ASK the question when asking for ID?"

I think you are on the right track.

I would hope that the courts will eventually find this law unConstitutionally vague and unenforceable. You can't require a person to perform an act which someone else has the authority to prevent.

Hopefully our pro-gun groups will see to it that every legislator in every jurisdiction gets to see this video and understand that a driver stopped by the police is not in control of the situation. It should be sufficient to require the driver to answer truthfully when asked if carrying. The burden should be on the cop.

There is absolutely nothing that a law-abiding permit holder can do to decrease the responsibility of the cop to ensure that the cop is safe. The courts have granted the police the power to search us for weapons. That is all they get to combat criminals. There is no need for additional requirements for the law-abiding.

[gogeo]

I use them in my commercial vehicles. Video tends to cut a lot of arguments short.

[OneWingedShark]

>>As you can see, to disallow the people to bear arms in defense of themselves in a bar or State/County/Municipal courthouse is prohibited by this single sentence
>
>Go ahead, fight city hall if you got a couple hundred grand to spend on legal fees....you’ll still lose.

Because might makes right?
Or because the Constitution is not law?
Or perhaps because words don’t really mean anything?

>And while you’re at it, tell him he can probably open carry into that courhouse too............That should be fun to watch!..........LOL!

Well FL Constitution, Art I, SECTION 8(a) does read:
The right of the people to keep and bear arms in defense of themselves and of the lawful authority of the state shall not be infringed, except that the manner of bearing arms may be regulated by law.