Uhmmmm... no he can't do that, there's nothing illegal about having a gun in plain sight in your front seat. (especially in Virginia)
Common sense would dictate telling the officer "I have a gun in the front seat, I will keep my hands where you can see them" At which time he will very forcefully order you to exit the vehicle with your hands up. Then he will very probably want to search the entire vehicle Scott A. Stewart ColdFusion Developer GNSI 11820 Parklawn Dr Rockville, MD 20852 (301) 770-9610 -----Original Message----- From: Jacob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 2:57 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: [politics] nobody else seems to be concerned Hmm.. if there is a gun in plain sight in your car. An officer will not ask you, "Sir, may I search your car?" He will draw is weapon, point it at your head, and yell, "Get you damn hands in the air." He will then pull you out of the car, force your face into the ground, and handcuff you. Then... he may ask, "Can I search your car." ;-) -----Original Message----- From: Scott Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 11:51 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: [politics] nobody else seems to be concerned Even if that gun is in plain sight in a car, the officer must first ask me "Can I search your vehicle", I can say no. At which time he will detain me until a warrant can be obtained. Once the officer has arrested me, (this includes being ticketed) he then can search the vehicle as part of "probable cause". Scott A. Stewart ColdFusion Developer GNSI 11820 Parklawn Dr Rockville, MD 20852 (301) 770-9610 -----Original Message----- From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 2:45 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: [politics] nobody else seems to be concerned I've read it; it claims there shall be no unreasonable searches or seizures, it NEVER claims that to be a reasonable search that there must be a warrant. By our statement something in plain sight would not be reasonable unless there was a warrant. There have been numerous times that searches were allowed without a warrant. Take the OJ trial. They call it probable cause, but that isn't listed in the Constitution. Also, when talking about supreme law of the land, there may be no law higher, but treaties signed carry the same weight of the Constitution. > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Heald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 2:38 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: [politics] nobody else seems to be concerned > > It specifies a warrant, and the warrant has to be specific in what you are > looking for (in this case what types of conversations) and the locations > being searched (what phone number or IP address you will be spying on). > > Read the text of the amendment before you try and argue this anymore > please, > and read the 10th amendment so you can see how it would limit governments > abilities without an actual amendment. > > BTW there is no law higher than the constitution in the US. That's it. > The > root of all federal law in this country. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:189201 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
