Police shooting of gun permit holder concerns others who legally carry

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4. Last winter I was stopped for having an obscured license plate (it was covered with snow.)

As I’ve gotten older, I’ve gotten much more far-sighted and without reading glasses have difficulty seeing things that are close to me. My reading glasses were in my inside coat pocket, but that was also where my government model 1911 resided in a shoulder holster. So, I decided to try to find my driver’s license without my glasses. Well, with the combination of being far-sighted, it being dark, and the flashing/glaring lights of the police cruiser, I was having considerable difficulty finding my license. Seeing the difficulty, the officer shined his flashlight on my billfold while I shuffled through the cards and announced what card was on top. “Nope, that’s your FOID card. Nope, that’s your carry permit. Yep! There’s your drivers license.”

After seeing my license, he told me that I wasn’t the person that he was looking for, said that I was free to leave, and wished me a good evening.

The officer was polite and completely professional. He never asked if I was armed, and I never said.