No requirement to disclose in MA. If he doesn't ask I don't tell.
No "requirement" for me to disclose anything anywhere except my "name rank and serial number". Yes, I'm quite sure the "law" says what I "must do" in life but... F*ck them and their small-penis/bullied in school and now neo-Nazi "rules" .
Now if I'm stopped and I'm asked, that's a different story, and a "Yes sir, LTC etc" but I'm not offering unless asked. In the 99.9% of traffic stops I've been involved in, they were "Do you know how fast you were going?" etc, here's my ticket and I'll appeal if I choose.
I'm white, my life matters, and I don't trust cops any more than a black male does... Why?.. Cuz I know many, many MANY cops, and many are good, close, dear friends.. And pretty much all of them are more absolutely f*cked up, more mentally unstable, arrogant, rude, steroid infused, etc etc etc etc etc than anyone else I know... Literally a complete mess.
I once posted "the list" on NES... (I kept all names fictitious, didn't identify any of them, even by "my cousin" or "my brother's friend" etc cuz several people here know me and/or my family, etc) .. It was my own personal list of the ten most completely F*CKED UP people that I've known well in my 50+ years on this planet. And SEVEN of the ten names are current or retired police officers. One of them is a blood relative.
Drug abuse, depression, rage, alcoholism, rage, marital problems, rage, money problems, spouse abuse, rage, child abuse, anger management issues, RAGE, etc etc etc....I've seen and lived through things with these guys (one female officer) that are absolutely effin mind boggling, especially when you realize that these are the "protect and serve" law enforcement employees that keep our society a "civil" one. And yes, the one who's "misplaced" his gun SEVERAL times during "blackouts" and had to have his Captain Wink-Wink (his cousin) reissue another is on that list.
I'm not, not NOT painting cops with one brush, NOT stereotyping, etc. Merely stating fact in my personal life experience.... 70 percent of the most messed up human beings I've ever met wear or wore badges and guns every day of their working life.
And I'm supposed to not carry my gun when I'm driving? And then happen to ("with my luck".. imagine that) take a left turn, then a wrong right and "Oops", run smack dab face to face with a BLM terrorist mini-group intent on lynching me or harming my family riding in the passenger or back seat? Or have some methamphetamine addict who's "hearing voices "kick my window in while I'm at a stop light and try to stab and rob me for his "fix" cuz he's an "unfortunate soul in Massachusetts and we feel bad for him" etc?
Be unarmed or unprepared cuz I'm in fear of cops in traffic stops??.. F*ck that. I carry, always, everywhere, even in places where "The Rules" tell me "not to". And one of the reasons I carry always, everywhere, is cuz today might be the day when officer friendly "goes off" like that cop in CA a few years back and decides that today is the day to execute a few sheep. And if my choice is to either carry my gun everywhere, or not carry cuz it might piss off Officer Whackjob?
Bull effin sh*t. I carry always.
(ps: when I'm driving, which is often, I often ankle carry. It's more comfortable on long trips and actually more easily accessible than inside my seat-belted waistband or on my side, which can be an awkward draw.... G26, Left ankle Galco Ankle-Lite (VERY comfortable).. easy draw, and Officer Percocet doesn't usually notice it through his sweating bulging eyelids as he's screaming at me for not stopping fully and completely at that sign a half block behind me. Etc etc etc.
I'm just more thrilled than ever that I'm not driving while black today....Lotta rage among doze po-leese men.
