Kopis
Regular Member
I rode to the downtown memphis starbucks sunday morning with my girl for some coffee. I am an AR resident with CCW permit. AR has recently passed a law that removed "Concealed" from the definition of carrying on a journey but the state police and state attorney are holding fast that OC is still not permitted. Anyway, i dont worry too much on the bike about my gun showing but on the bridge from west memphis to memphis, there are often several troopers or highway patrol sitting alone the side of the interstate so i kept pulling my shirt down as i saw them. Once i made it across the bridge, i dont worry about it.
I was carrying my Kimber in a milt sparks IWB but my tee shirt had become stuck inside my pants on the ride so i was OCing (which i knew and wasnt worried about). Anyway, i was standing in line at starbucks and i see two MPDs come in behind me. I could hear them discussing my firearm for a second before the guy said "do you have a carry permit and can i see it"? or something along those lines. I was still holding my helmet and gloves in my left hand so i said "yeah sure hold this for me", he promptly stuck his hands out and held my helmet which i thought was rather stupid but whatever. Anyway, fished out my CCW permit and gave it to him. the female cop then asked if i had a drivers license as well. I REALLY was tempted to push it a little but it happened so suddenly, i wasnt able to turn my phone on so i just gave him that too. She inspected them both and clearly wanted to engage me further but he just handed them back and said thanks man. We talked about my gun for a few minutes after that. It's a Pro Raptor, pretty sweet looking actually, he said he was digging it and we parted ways.
The one other thought i had is that when i usually OC, it's my G17 in a comptac OTW straight drop holster with a spare mag or two. I wonder if he would have asked had i been carrying a "more professional" firearm in an OTW holster instead of having it tucked in my IWB holster? Having my 1911 stuffed in my waistband may have looked like some veiled attempt to hide it in his mind.
I was carrying my Kimber in a milt sparks IWB but my tee shirt had become stuck inside my pants on the ride so i was OCing (which i knew and wasnt worried about). Anyway, i was standing in line at starbucks and i see two MPDs come in behind me. I could hear them discussing my firearm for a second before the guy said "do you have a carry permit and can i see it"? or something along those lines. I was still holding my helmet and gloves in my left hand so i said "yeah sure hold this for me", he promptly stuck his hands out and held my helmet which i thought was rather stupid but whatever. Anyway, fished out my CCW permit and gave it to him. the female cop then asked if i had a drivers license as well. I REALLY was tempted to push it a little but it happened so suddenly, i wasnt able to turn my phone on so i just gave him that too. She inspected them both and clearly wanted to engage me further but he just handed them back and said thanks man. We talked about my gun for a few minutes after that. It's a Pro Raptor, pretty sweet looking actually, he said he was digging it and we parted ways.
The one other thought i had is that when i usually OC, it's my G17 in a comptac OTW straight drop holster with a spare mag or two. I wonder if he would have asked had i been carrying a "more professional" firearm in an OTW holster instead of having it tucked in my IWB holster? Having my 1911 stuffed in my waistband may have looked like some veiled attempt to hide it in his mind.