The proper response is "Yes Sir I am and I am licensed." My personal experience in the San Antonio area is that they don't care. Might be because I smile at them and ask "How ya do'in."At a cafeteria type restaurant. There are 5 or 6 people ahead of you and a bunch in line behind. The person in line behind you is a uniformed police officer. You are carrying your pistol on a belt holster at 5 o'clock and it's covered by an extra long shirt worn untucked. You notice the officer is looking sternly at you and asks "Are carrying a gun?". What is the proper response to his question?
Yes, Sir is the only proper response. You can joke with him after you show him your license.
That or use the I'm a sovereign citizen line. It's the best way to get out any situation with law enforcement b/c they always need reminded that I've already decided on which laws don't apply to me.I would pull out my cell phone, start recording (in portrait orientation of course), and yell "I'm an American I know my rights!!! Police brutality!!!"
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What if he asks for a raise?Oh and I'd of course remind the cop I pay his salary.
I don't know if it was the proper response or not but mine was "yeah, aren't you?".At a cafeteria type restaurant. There are 5 or 6 people ahead of you and a bunch in line behind. The person in line behind you is a uniformed police officer. You are carrying your pistol on a belt holster at 5 o'clock and it's covered by an extra long shirt worn untucked. You notice the officer is looking sternly at you and asks "Are carrying a gun?". What is the proper response to his question?
You ever been one on one with a police officer after a traffic stop, late at night? The cop has an attitude because maybe he just had a fight with his wife before going on duty? I don't think you would be talking ANY of the glib, smart-ass talk I've seen repeated here. HE is in control of the situation, not you! If he says up is down, black is white, you are not gonna say jack-shit unless you like getting the hell beat out of you, or being taken to jail. No, I don't think YOU have ever been in that place.