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Bartholomew Roberts · May 18, 2010, 09:12 AM

You are in a jurisdiction where statute requires concealed handgun license holders to notify law enforcement if they are carrying a firearm. However, there is no penalty for failing to do this, although it remains a violation of statute.

An officer pulls over a vehicle during a routine traffic stop. He takes the driver's license of the driver; but the driver does not volunteer that he is a CHL holder or that he is carrying a firearm. Running the driver's license, the officer discovers that the driver is a CHL holder.

Does the officer have the reasonable suspicion necessary to search both the car and the driver under the Terry doctrine (and Michigan v. Long)?

May 18, 2010, 09:12 AM	#1
Bartholomew Roberts member Join Date: June 12, 2000 Location: Texas and Oklahoma area Posts: 8,462	Terry Stop Hypothesis for Lawyers You are in a jurisdiction where statute requires concealed handgun license holders to notify law enforcement if they are carrying a firearm. However, there is no penalty for failing to do this, although it remains a violation of statute. An officer pulls over a vehicle during a routine traffic stop. He takes the driver's license of the driver; but the driver does not volunteer that he is a CHL holder or that he is carrying a firearm. Running the driver's license, the officer discovers that the driver is a CHL holder. Does the officer have the reasonable suspicion necessary to search both the car and the driver under the Terry doctrine (and Michigan v. Long)?