Quote Originally Posted by mikesEK View Post
ohhhhhhhhhh i left out the fact my glock ays CEDAR RAPIDS POLICE DEPT on the slide .... so i get this alot

COP>are you in law enforcement??
ME>no sir
COP> why do you have a firearm issued to a law enfircement agency?
ME>have you ever heard od Smryna Police supply?
COP> answer varries
ME> they buy police trade-ins and re-furb then re-sale them

you can feel the tention in the air.... THEY DONT LIKE IT
Being non threatening goes a long way with cops in my personal experience, whether i get stopped @ 3AM on a back road or in a church parking lot, i always put one hand out the window and one on the wheel in plain sight and leave them there until the cop walks up and speaks to me. I end the answer to whatever question he asks me first with "i have a registered handgun inside the vehicle"

The way i see it, im paranoid, if i was a cop, i would approach every car as if Hitler was behind the wheel. so when i get pulled over, i assume that cop is equally as on guard.