Hank Fletcher said:Coffee + SuperCharged Vehicle + Constant Aggravation By The General Public + A Little Free Time On The Job + Knowing You'll Never Get Caught =
justDIY said:didn't you know, police are above the law!
case in point, in the US, it's illegal to carry a firearm inside the passenger compartment of an automobile, loaded, unloaded, locked, etc.
but there are 1000's of police doing it regularly, they claim they need constant and instant access to their firearm to do their job. sounds like BS to me. it's purely a case of DO AS WE SAY, NOT AS WE DO!
From https://www.handgunlaw.us/documents/USRVCarCarry.pdfCode of Federal Regulations
Title 18 > Part I > Chapter 44 > § 926a
§ 926A. Interstate transportation of firearms
Release date: 20050803
Notwithstanding any other provision of any law or any rule or regulation of a State or any
political subdivision thereof, any person who is not otherwise prohibited by this chapter from
transporting, shipping, or receiving a firearm shall be entitled to transport a firearm for any
lawful purpose from any place where he may lawfully possess and carry such firearm to any
other place where he may lawfully possess and carry such firearm if, during such transportation
the firearm is unloaded, and neither the firearm nor any ammunition being transported is readily
accessible or is directly accessible from the passenger compartment of such transporting vehicle:
Provided, That in the case of a vehicle without a compartment separate from the driver’s
compartment the firearm or ammunition shall be contained in a locked container other than the
glove compartment or console.
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ThermalRunaway said:The speeding issue is different. Again the police are trained in using their vehicles at speed, and they are trusted with the responsibility of the speeds they can potentially do on public roads. However, it would obviously be very irresponsible for an officer to speed on public roads unless there were a genuine need to do so. Therefore, any officer who is caught speeding whilst not on an emergency call should be fined. They are supposed to set an example so in my opinion it is grossly irresponsible to abuse their position on public roads.
ThermalRunaway said:The jail sentance is a bit tought though. I'm not sure it wasn't deserved, but they certainly didn't hold back did they!
justDIY said:didn't you know, police are above the law!
case in point, in the US, it's illegal to carry a firearm inside the passenger compartment of an automobile, loaded, unloaded, locked, etc.
but there are 1000's of police doing it regularly, they claim they need constant and instant access to their firearm to do their job. sounds like BS to me. it's purely a case of DO AS WE SAY, NOT AS WE DO!
ThermalRunaway said:I think the firearm issue is a completely separate one. The police are trained in the use of their firearms and are trusted to carry the responsibility of being in posession of one. It would be silly to assume you could place the same trust in the general public, because of course there's always someone who would want to abuse the system.
Sceadwian said:There's nothing illegal about carrying a concealed firearm, so long as you have the proper permit for it and are complying with the various protocols they have in place, I've never looked into the details of it though, don't know if it's illegal to carry in the passenger compartment or not, I'd love to see someone point out the law which unequivocally makes it illegal in all circumstances.
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