In a previous article, we examined whether you should disclose you are carrying a firearm when a law enforcement officer detains you for a traffic stop. Generally, the advice was that you should voluntarily disclose you are carrying even if the law does not require you to do so. A logical follow-up question is: If you voluntarily disclose that you are carrying, have you given permission for the police officer to search you or your car?
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Updated: May 18, 2019Disarmed Venezuelans Lose Momentum After Days of Conflict
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Democratic Rep: ‘Don’t Want to Give Up Your Guns? We’ll Nuke You!’
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Updated: November 13, 2018“I’m just dumbfounded right now,” she said. “My uncle wouldn’t hurt anybody. They didn’t need to do what they did.”
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Gov. Cuomo Calls NRA Carry Guard ‘Murder Insurance’
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Exclusive: How the FBI’s Bureaucratic Incompetence is Denying Citizens Their 2A Rights
Updated: July 5, 2018“The FBI has taken this absurd position that, ‘We’re not going to process this appeal because it’s not for a Title I firearm,’” he explained. “They say that for the NFA, it’s completely different. You don’t have a right to appeal it, so you’re basically SOL. And I think that’s just wrong.”