On Fri, 16 Dec 2016 18:32:20 -0000, FromTheRafters wrote:

Bod explained on 12/16/2016 :
The simple reason is that 99.99% of drivers don't have a gun so it's
all done casual and friendly.

The same is true here. 99.99% of drivers don't have a gun. But it
only takes one bad guy. How lucky do you feel today?

If that is so in the US, then why do your police tell drivers to put
their hands where they can see them
and make the driver stay in his/her car?

I've been stopped many times over the years and never been told to
do anything special with my hands. But that's probably because I
pull over, open the window, don't have reefer smoke coming out,
don't have outstanding warrants, and cooperate. I don't recall being
told to stay in the car either. But that's what I just naturally do.
A big part of staying in your car is for your own safety, so you don't
get hit by a car.

And one time I was pulled over for speeding on my Harley and I
had 3 pistols on the bike. The only difference in that instance
was the cop called for backup. Otherwise, it was like any other
road stop, except that the cops asked me to take the pistols
out of the saddle bags. So, there I was, at the side of the road,
laying out my pistols on the hood of the cop car. But they didn't
have their guns out, they didn't tell me what to do with my hands.

When it was all over, I got a ticket for speeding. I was just
about to ask the cop why his second or third question was if I
had any guns with me. But, before I could ask, he said that
next time when I left the pistol range it would be a good idea
to take my pistol range ID card off my jacket.

Hmm, that's a different story to what I've seen in Youtube videos and
been told from other Americans first hand.
Maybe procedures differ from state to state?

In California I was stopped for expired registration one time. They
didn't give me any special instructions at all, and since I was
actually on my way back from getting my registration stickers they just
let me go on my merry way.

They *did* ask me a question which I thought was strange though. "Do
you have any guns, knives, or grenades?"

Grenades?

South Central Los Angeles is a tough neighborhood, but grenades?

Maybe he was having a laugh. I have amused officers by having a sticker on the back of my car saying "Speed camera test vehicle".

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