So I know pro-2A stickers have been a topic of a few discussions, however I am wondering about the possibility of a specific situation.
So what, if any, kind of trouble would you be in if someone who rightly or wrongly thinks you did something wrong while driving (cut them off...) and noticed the NRA sticker on your car and called the cops to tell them you pointed a gun at them. Obviously you did not and they are making a false claim to the police, but how do the police know that? So, the police catch up with you with the suspicion you have a firearm and have threatened someone with it. I would imagine that is something they have to investigate no matter how many times you tell them they do not have your consent to search your person/vehicle and show them your LTCH. So assuming you are carrying, how do you prove you did not threaten the fellow motorist with a firearm?
It is your word against their's and so far the information they have given the police has been proven to be partly true (that is you have a gun with you). Now what if the police ask them to describe the gun, they pretty much have two options, silver or black, and they get that right?
Is this a situation where you'd be up the creek until a later court date, or the other driver finally admits they lied?
Do the police have enough PC to search without your consent in this situation?
So what, if any, kind of trouble would you be in if someone who rightly or wrongly thinks you did something wrong while driving (cut them off...) and noticed the NRA sticker on your car and called the cops to tell them you pointed a gun at them. Obviously you did not and they are making a false claim to the police, but how do the police know that? So, the police catch up with you with the suspicion you have a firearm and have threatened someone with it. I would imagine that is something they have to investigate no matter how many times you tell them they do not have your consent to search your person/vehicle and show them your LTCH. So assuming you are carrying, how do you prove you did not threaten the fellow motorist with a firearm?
It is your word against their's and so far the information they have given the police has been proven to be partly true (that is you have a gun with you). Now what if the police ask them to describe the gun, they pretty much have two options, silver or black, and they get that right?
Is this a situation where you'd be up the creek until a later court date, or the other driver finally admits they lied?
Do the police have enough PC to search without your consent in this situation?