Originally Posted by dropnosky

lol, this thread is funny. Whats the reason vstech is carrying a chambered handgun? Is it job related or choice related?

You guys are forgetting the order of things the cop did. I doubt at all that the cop pulled the car over because it was a diesel. Maybe it was a wisp of smoke, or slightly louder, or something about the car that attracted his attention. Ive been pulled over because the cop noticed I had a low tire for petes sake.
He approaches the car, the driver stares at him all the way up to the window as vstech stated, then turns out to be carrying a loaded handgun!
Yes, he has a permit, but now the cop is interested.

If I were the cop, I would certainly have done the same thing, taken the gun, run the numbers.

Maybe in the cop car as he checks out the gun, he also runs the plates and then he then notices its a diesel, so decides since he's there hes gonna dip the tank. I think the wild card here is the handgun, that made the whole thing change from routine stop for one reason or another to a potentially dangerous situation for the cop. I bet you that the handgun specifically made the cop think about looking harder at the car, not the cop pulled him over because it was a diesel.

I find nothing exceptional about this situation, If I owned a gun, and carried it like that, I would expect it to be run by the police, and vstech did the right thing by immediately stating he had one in the car and that it was loaded.

(yes yes, and all you pro handgun people calm down, there is no disputing that an armed motorist represents a potential danger to the police officer and other people. With that fact, he has every right in the world to run the handgun serial number.)