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- From: forda@gtephx.UUCP (Andrew Ford @ AGCS, Phoenix, Arizona)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: Little-known membership benefits of the NRA
- Message-ID: <9211182253.AA26033@gtephx.com>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 15:14:01 GMT
- Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu
- Organization: gte
- Lines: 41
- Approved: gun-control@cs.umd.edu
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- In article <1992Nov13.172122.28167@ttinews.tti.com>, hollombe@polymath.tti.com (The Polymath) writes:
- # In article <7dGH02Nl2aX.01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> efk00@cd.amdahl.com (Eddie Kieger) writes:
- # }In article <9211090626.AA13672@relay2.UU.NET>, m0102@tnc.UUCP (FRANK NEY) writes:
- #
- # }#I guarantee that the NRA sticker is used by the DC police as probable
- # }#cause to search your vehicle for contraband firearms.
- # }
- # }Is this really legal (as in upheld in court)??
- # }I knoiw they probably WOULD search you in any case, but could they make
- # }it hold up in a court as probable cause, or will they have to "invent"
- # }something else (and we ALL know THAT doesn't happen, right??)??
- #
- # As explained to me by an active LAPD officer, "probable cause" need only
- # exist in the mind of the officer on the scene. It will likely be based on
- # something you know nothing about (e.g.: He just got a radio bulletin
- # about a bank robber driving a getaway car of your make, model and color)
- # and he's not obliged to explain it to you.
- #
- # I don't hang any unnecessary stickers or messages on my car. With all the
- # jurisdictions in L.A. (I drive through four just going to work) you never
- # know who might be taking an interest or what their department policy is
- # that day.
- #
- I guess this is one of those things that depends on where you live.
-
- Open carry and carrying a loaded weapon within reach in a vehicle (provided
- that it is holstered or in a storage compartment) are both legal in Arizona,
- so I have not legal problems (so far) with my NRA sticker and "I'm a gun owner
- and I vote" bumper sticker. In fact, I think my house is the only one on the
- block where the vehicles have not been stolen from during the night.
-
- (Shooting a criminal in Arizona is more likely to get you an award than
- prosection or a civil case -- provided you are protecting life.)
-
-
-
- --
- "25 States allow anyone to buy a gun, strap it on, and walk down the street with
- no permit of any kind: some say it's crazy. However, 4 out of 5 US murders are
- committed in the other half of the country: so who is crazy?" - Andrew Ford
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