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Old 07-08-2009, 10:32 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Abominable_Hillbilly View Post
I'm not sure of any case law in Tennessee, but I doubt you're going to find a judge who'd sanction a police officer for securing a weapon during a traffic stop. That's just one more reason I don't like our HCP system.

Pretextual stops are lawful in Tennessee and Louisiana. Unfortunately.
Yes, but you have no legal obligation in Tennessee to answer questions in the first place.

personally I think it would be best to limit conversation with the police strictly to the reason for the stop...
 
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