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hand on his holster. Intimidation or safety? So, you're pulled over for a license [snorts] plate light being out, some real trivial reason, and the police officer approaches your car with his hand on his gun. Is that bully behavior? Is it intimidation? Or is it officer safety? Well, it's a little bit of both. As a police officer, when I was trained at themies back in the 80s and the '90s, I was taught as a police officer when you approach a car, you need to be ready for anything because you don't know who you're stopping. You don't know what you're going to encounter. And that's true obviously, but if you felt like you were threatened or you felt like you were worried about your safety for some reason and there might be deadly force coming, then you're entitled to be ready to do that. Some cops, honestly, are just a little more jumpy than others. So, you might get a jumpy cop, but if you've got a jumpy cop, you need to be really mindful of your actions and your movements. Vertively moving around the car when they're approaching the car, a big fat no. Don't do that. Don't be reaching under the seat looking for your registration. Don't be putting your firearm under the seat as he approaches. Keep your hands at 10 and two when he's walking up to the car. Have your window rolled down. Some people say, "I don't want to roll my window all the way down." And if you crack your window and he tells you to roll it the rest of the way down and you say, "No, all he's going to do is ask you to step out and he's entitled to ask you to step out." Pennsylvania versus Mims gives them the right to ask you to step out of the car. And trust me, every cop on the street knows that case law. So don't fight with him. Don't fight with them on the street anyway, but be very mindful of where your hands are and what your actions are when this police officer standing at your window, especially if you've got a jumpy cop. In some cases, I don't think that it's intimidation for this officer to put his hand on his firearm if he's legitimately fearful of dealing with somebody with a firearm. Now, he's got to be able to articulate that. Of course, it could be intimidation. It could be bully behavior, but you shouldn't care whether it's bully behavior or intimidation or really true officer safety issues because you're never going to fight with this guy on the street. So, you're never going to have to figure that out. Let me fight with him in court. And if it is bully behavior, if it is intimidation, we'll be able to pull that out in court and we'll be able to use that for your benefit. Your mission should be to get home safely and to handle this traffic stop without anybody getting hurt. So don't fight with this cop on the
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