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Originally Posted by Pete
Gun owner says police violating his rights
The next person with a CC permit is on a stretcher on his way to the hospital - does he notify the cop and hand it over - knowing thats the last he'll see of it for more than a week - or take his chances at the hospital that it will not disappear?
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Frankly, the fact he did as he was suppossed to probably saved him from a lot of extra problems and drama. The 'drama' would have been caused when the EMS crew or ER folks came across it as part of their assessments and doing what they are suppossed as part of their routine patient care.
I'm not a fan of stumbling across concealed weapons on patients (*who if they are Alert and Oriented enough should have said something in the first place.) while looked into a small enclosed metal space and traveling down the road at 10-60mph. I'd have serious concern for my personal safety at that point, and that of my partners. Especially since we tend to deal with all sorts of 'upstanding citizens' for various reasons.
I'm all for the second amendment and carrying concealed, etc.. I do so myself. But if I was aware enough and in similar circumstances I would be the first one to speak up about it. If I were physically, mentally unable to do so at the time of course that's a whole different matter. Just my $.02