I am still a little green to the site as far as posting goes but I have been browsing for a while and have not seen a thread like this so if it fails or has been done before oh well.
The question is does your gun do you more favors or get you yanked from the truck when you get pulled over?
For me I would say my glock has gotten me out of more tickets than the latter of the two scenerios. For example, there are certain cops that always hand out tickets because that is all they seem to do (motorcycle cops in Plainfield and Indianapolis as well as Staties). I got pulled over in Plainfield by a motorcycle cop at the bottom of a small hill that always attracts speeders. I was in my truck that day and had my glock 19 in the crack of my 60/40 split seat next to me as always. He pulled me over for about 10 over the limit I think but never really mentioned speed or a ticket because as soon as he walked up I told him about the gun (I think they appreciate that) and he took it from me and looked it over. We then proceeded to discuss it at what seemed to my like great length (it has a brushed stainless slide, trigger job). What got me though was I had just had the trigger done the day before and was still a little uneasy with one in the tube...I was actually scolded for this as he was the firearms safelty instructor for the department. He said I should always have one in there because you will forget to rack it if you need it. I agreed and we talked some more and off I went without even a warning.
This is not the only one but I have gone a little long here.
Let me know if you have had similar experiences or maybe even the opposite.
The question is does your gun do you more favors or get you yanked from the truck when you get pulled over?
For me I would say my glock has gotten me out of more tickets than the latter of the two scenerios. For example, there are certain cops that always hand out tickets because that is all they seem to do (motorcycle cops in Plainfield and Indianapolis as well as Staties). I got pulled over in Plainfield by a motorcycle cop at the bottom of a small hill that always attracts speeders. I was in my truck that day and had my glock 19 in the crack of my 60/40 split seat next to me as always. He pulled me over for about 10 over the limit I think but never really mentioned speed or a ticket because as soon as he walked up I told him about the gun (I think they appreciate that) and he took it from me and looked it over. We then proceeded to discuss it at what seemed to my like great length (it has a brushed stainless slide, trigger job). What got me though was I had just had the trigger done the day before and was still a little uneasy with one in the tube...I was actually scolded for this as he was the firearms safelty instructor for the department. He said I should always have one in there because you will forget to rack it if you need it. I agreed and we talked some more and off I went without even a warning.
This is not the only one but I have gone a little long here.
Let me know if you have had similar experiences or maybe even the opposite.
