So I stopped by my local gun shop yesterday and started talking to the shop owner. He told me that one of his customers just got arrested, turns out he sold a gun to a young kid who is 21. He says the kid looks like a gang banger but really has his head screwed on correct and is a real good guy.
Well the kid was driving home after work and got pulled over by a cop for having a tail light out, cop walks up to the car and asks for his ID and insurance papers. Kid tells the cop after giving him his ID that he has his insurance papers in the glove box but he does not want to reach for it as he has his new handgun in a holster inside the glove box.
Cop then freaks out and arrests the kid, now mind you the kid has no record period. Good clean citizen just looks like a ass clown right! Cop tells the kid the reason he is arresting him is that he had a gun within 1000 feet of a school, You see the cop pulled the kid over right next to a public school. He was just on his way home, this kid had no intention of doing anything wrong he just happened to be driving by a school. Turns out the kid didn't even have the gun loaded, the DA is still pressing charges and I think has turned it over to the Feds.
In Florida it is legal to have your gun in your glove box, the state statute states very clearly that you have to have the gun securely encased and cannot be readily accessible. Well having your gun in the glove box in a holster is securely encased this cop just did not like this kid. This kind of shit is getting out of hand. I am sure he will win the case but at what cost? how much will he have to spend in order to defend himself. This reminds me, what if you live next to a school? can you still be arrested for having your weapons in your home but within 1000 feet of a school? I use to live next to a collage campus, it was not on school grounds but was still within 1000 feet. Have any of you guys heard of this type of shit before?