About 2 years ago I was pulled over after leaving my Girlfriends house to go to work. A deputy sheriff pulls me over and asks me where I'm going and where I'm coming from. When I tell him I'm coming from my girlfiends house he asks "do you and your girlfriend like it kinky?"
I say "excuse me?" completely baffled and confused by his question. He says "well whats the rifle for?" (A Benelli M1 Super 90) I tell him it is a shotgun and that it stays in the truck most of the time. He says "well of course it's not loaded , is it?"...... "To the hilt!!" I reply. Which shocks him and he takes a step back as he excitedly exclaims "thats illegal!!!"
I calmly state "No it is'nt" He says "Yes it is"
I repeat "no it isn't" And tell him it is legal in the Great State of Texas to have a loaded rifle or shotgun in your vehicle! He says, not so confidently this time, "well I'm pretty sure its illegal and I'm gonna have to arrest you!" I tell him he might want to check his facts before doing something that infringes on my rights!! He tells me to put my hands on the steering wheel while he radios for help and to ask dispatch if its illegal. He backs away from me all the way back to his cruiser with his hand on his weapon. Then comes back after about 15 minutes and tells me "there is nobody on duty right now that knows for sure if it's illegal or not and I'm gonna cut you a break and let you go THIS TIME!! but, if I catch you in the county again with a loaded gun in your vehicle you're going down!!" I looked at him and laughed and told him "I will be back in the county again tonight and will meet you right here with the appropriate paperwork for you to read if you'd like? He told me "just get the hell out of here!!"
It's sad that there are a few LEOs out there that dont have a clue!

I think 20% is to gernerous of an estimate myself.

I'll take a crack at this one.

I would bet that most cops as most other professionals are most familiar with the tools they use most frequently.  In Ohio loaded gun in the car is a big nono.  If not for the attention to these issues brought forth by this board I would not know pre from post ban either.  I would have previously presumed that the weapon was legal until someone gave me reason to believe otherwise, or acted like a jerk.  I don't know serial number ranges so I'd have to do some reasearch on the piece.  I do however carry a pocket reference of the Ohio Revised code so that I can look up things I'm not sure of.  This saves embarrasment.  I didn't know until this year that Ohio had upped the legal limit for mag capacity from 20 to 30 in deference to the AK crowd.  Why did I not know this? Because it had not been an issue before.  

I would venture that the guys who encounter weapons more are more up on the weapons laws, that would be the Urban and Rural cops.  The guys in the Burbs rarely see any gun but their own so it just isn't their forte.

Are 35 rounders illegal to own or just illegal to use in a firearm? I have been told numerous things with regards to magazine capacity in Ohio.

Thanks

Let's see, I'm betting that someone found themselves pulled over in Blanco County.  I don't know, just a thought. [puke]

anything larger than 30 rounders when inserted into the firearm make it legally a machine gun in Ohio.  They are not illegal to own but are illegal to use without the proper documentation for a machine gun.

What AR15fan said.
Have you ever heard of cops getting a training class after every city council meeting, and after the Legislature and Congress falls out?  This just doesn't happen.  With everybody so happy to pass more laws because somebody is inconvenienced or offended, no wonder the cops can't keep up.
Even Grey Davis told the CA State Legislature to knock it off last year, so the State Attorneys could figure out what all the new laws were, and whether clarification was needed.

Very very close I was 1 mile inside comal county.
I have never seen anybody pulled over in Blanco county. I take it you have had problems in Blanco county?

No problems whatsoever.  I was a Trooper in an adjacent county for 9 years before promoting in the mid-90's.  I heard of a similar incident several years ago in the area.  The guy who was in your shoes was my best friend (a fed).  He just never told the deputy what he did for a living.  His incident was over a bolt action rifle in his back window.  I was just curious if that was still going on.  Everybody in the LE community around there were super-nice people when I was in that part of the country. I was really surprised when you said Comal County.  Oh well, mabey the incident will prompt the guy to "study up".  I know that I showed my ass more than once when I was young and dumb.  Now I'm just older and a little dumb.  People in our profession sometimes do some really stupid things.  I tend to believe that you generally get what you pay for.  Take care, and keep educating those locals.  [sleep]

Topcrest and I were thrown out of a movie theatre in Mesa by some dumb cop that didn't know the law.  We were both open-carrying  (for those that don't know, it is perfectly legal in AZ without a permit) and he called us over.

Cop: Do you guys have permits for those (as he said this he grabbed Topcrest's glock and shook it in its holster)

Topcrest: No sir, under Arizona law we don't need permits to open carry

Cop: (very flustered) well uh you guys have to go put them back in the car or leave.

Me: can we get a refund first?

Cop: yeah but then you have to get out of here

We got our refund and talked to the manager and told him it would be wise to put up a "no weapons sign"  if it is theatre policy to not allow carry in there.  Still no sign up at the theatre, and I bet that cop still doesn't know the laws he is charged to enforce.

Doorgunner, In stark contrast to this deputy all the State Troopers I have ever come in contact with have all been very professional and extremely courteous! I have several friends and acquaintances who are involved in Law Enforcement including an FBI agent and a couple of U.S. Marshalls. Unfortunately in every profession there are the bad apples and idiots.
This incident was just very amusing to me! I still havent figured out the, "do you and your girlfriend like it kinky?", comment!