 Hey there friends, thanks for checking in once again with Vincent Jackson and we're gonna talk about Concealed carry mistakes that drive cops crazy. Thanks for joining once again. Oh, he's a pleasure But Vincent's a firearms instructor. He's also a police officer And so I thought this would be a cool topic to bring to you so you can share with us Concealed carry mistakes that drive cops crazy. Well, Dan, there's a few mistakes that drive cops crazy One is when you get pulled over having the gun in the car and not telling us about it And we find out the hard way or a different way Another one is having the gun in the car and telling us and then trying to reach for it It's also not a good thing and the third one is having the gun having a concealed carry license Not having a holster but riding around with you on your passenger seat You know, you walk up to a car You see a gun in the passenger seat the pucker factory goes up a little bit Yeah, and you told me off camera that you usually tell people You know, you leave yours. How did you say that we just say hey if you leave yours of yours is that I'll leave My mind is that and we're both going to have yeah Just take care of the business while you got pulled over to begin with how many times would you say somebody who is? Concealed carrying things that they are an extension of the law Like when you show up on the scene that they are there not to assist you But like you guys are partners here where I'm at in mid-Michigan We don't see that a lot here But I read a lot of articles a lot of police articles about people that have done that and they think that oh that I'm helping out And then what you're doing is you're adding another gun to that situation and officers on the scene don't know who you are Right and when you show up you're trying to evaluate the situation as quick as you can and here You have somebody who thinks that they're helping and they're actually making the situation worse exactly Okay, how often do you see when you get a call and you respond and somebody used? Their gun a legal carrier use their gun as a form of intimidation Toward another resident a good thing for us firearms owners and supporters of the Second Amendment I don't see that a lot, but it unfortunately it does happen a little bit Either they have it on them and they're saying I have it on me or I have it and it's at home Or they're calling 9-1-1 until 9-1-1 get the police here because I have a gun on me And I'm gonna use that they they don't hurry up or they brandish it right or they brandish it they brandish it Then you go to jail Okay, so if if if if your life is not in danger you reach for your firearm and you're just mad You know somebody took your parking spot or whatever It's standard procedure that they're going to jail state of Michigan. That's a misdemeanor. You will go to jail It's a misdemeanor and I have to believe that you know I know every state's different, but I have to believe that's pretty customary that with with many states that if you brandish You use it as a form of intimidation You're going to jail. Definitely. Okay, and we do see that at times I know we don't see it a lot and we don't see it a lot here, but it happens it happens across the country Everywhere, like I said, I'm always reading police articles about what happened in Arizona or Florida or Kansas or Iowa And it's always something that somebody somewhere did something with their gun They weren't supposed to and that landed in trouble Seems like Florida's Florida is always in the news for this kind of stuff. I mean it's such a beautiful state But there's always some whack job screwing up everything for the good residents of Florida All right So, you know keep your gun holstered keep it secured if you get pulled over by an officer If an officer shows up, you're not in extension of law enforcement Be a good witness is what I tell people I say be a good witness be be somebody that is A wealth of information so that the good guy gets the right information and that the bad guy also You know can get prosecuted Definitely definitely the best thing you can do is be the best witness Even as police officers if there's not a major incident if someone's life or limb is not in jeopardy our job You know off-duty we rather be a good witness and say oh, yeah I'm a police officer and pulling gun badges out, you know be the best witness you can be all right All right. Well, I appreciate it. Thanks. Appreciate it. Thanks. I appreciate you watching and you guys be safe