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gigag04 wrote:
The questions might annoy you, but are great tools to lead million dollar cartel cash seizures, dope, and stolen guns. It wasn't anything personal to you, he just has a job he's trying to do to likely provide for his family. What I have found is that a little patience, perspective, and understanding from both parties can make things go much easier.

I would expect the same patience, perspective and understanding when I refuse to answer.

Jim Beaux wrote:

puma guy wrote:

knotquiteawake wrote:

carlson1 wrote:When you stepped out of your vehicle you should have turned it off, took the keys with you, and locked your doors.

If he ask why did you do that just as friendly as you can say, "it is a habit."

I like this idea in theory... until I pictured it with my wife still inside ."

Only Aggies get locked inside their cars. Before all the Maroon blooded folks get upset, my dad, a die hard Aggie Class of 1940, told me that joke.

Scott, I had a "different" stop by DPS that I posted. It was different for a other reasons, but I refused to stand in front of the troopers cars when directed to do so. I think it was a rookie. She had me stand three feet in front of her while she held up my TDL and checked back and forth three times to make sure it was me. BTW it was 1 o'clock on a sunny summer day. The picture was only a year old at the time and 64 year olds don't change all that much anyway.
It's a difficult thing to do to stand for your rights when you're thinking maybe you'll get off with a warning. However, for me, I will politely refuse any searches. I would of course comply with the officer taking the weapon, but if he/she did a serial number check I would report him/her. That's an illegal search in my opinion as there was absolutely no cause whatsoever to suspect it's stolen. After experiencing my stop I will never answer any questions that are irrelavent to the stop or CHL/CCW.

I never considered refusing to stand in front of the LEO's car?? Puma could you provide the link to the above encounter?

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knotquiteawake wrote:

carlson1 wrote:When you stepped out of your vehicle you should have turned it off, took the keys with you, and locked your doors.

If he ask why did you do that just as friendly as you can say, "it is a habit."

I like this idea in theory... until I pictured it with my wife still inside ."

Only Aggies get locked inside their cars. Before all the Maroon blooded folks get upset, my dad, a die hard Aggie Class of 1940, told me that joke.

Scott, I had a "different" stop by DPS that I posted. It was different for a other reasons, but I refused to stand in front of the troopers cars when directed to do so. I think it was a rookie. She had me stand three feet in front of her while she held up my TDL and checked back and forth three times to make sure it was me. BTW it was 1 o'clock on a sunny summer day. The picture was only a year old at the time and 64 year olds don't change all that much anyway.
It's a difficult thing to do to stand for your rights when you're thinking maybe you'll get off with a warning. However, for me, I will politely refuse any searches. I would of course comply with the officer taking the weapon, but if he/she did a serial number check I would report him/her. That's an illegal search in my opinion as there was absolutely no cause whatsoever to suspect it's stolen. After experiencing my stop I will never answer any questions that are irrelavent to the stop or CHL/CCW.