Question.
Can a C.O. instead of pulling you over "for no reason", speed up ahead of you, pull over beside the road, then stop you as you approach and call it a "check stop"?
That would make it legal then, wouldn't it?
I was stopped 3 times last season. Once was when I just got back to my vehicle after hunting and they just happened to be driving by. Makes sense I was carrying a gun and had a dog with me, fully in "hunting attire".
The other two times we were passing each other in opposite direction on a range road. I never gave it a second thought and complied with the stop.
(flashing lights came on so I stopped).
The first question was always something like "doing some hunting today?".
If I say "no, just out visiting a friend", does that mean they can't investigate further?
I get the "if I've nothing to hide, then no worries" argument and that random stops catch a lot of offenders, but also after reading this thread understand the slippery slope of rights and freedoms, and the need to protect those.
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