Llaw officers DO have a right to question you if ANYTHING seems out of place and/or suspicious. In fact, it's a huge part of what they are trained and hired to do. Let's say that you're tired from traveling and pull off the road and park in a strange neighborhood. You take a nap in your car in front of somebody's home. They see you there and call the cops and tell them that there is a suspicious car parked outside with a single occupant. The resident asks them to investigate because there have been a rash of burglaries in the area recently and they're scared to check on the driver. The police is obligated to investigate in this case provided they have available resources to do so. The next thing you know is there is a man knocking on your driver's side window with a flashlight. You realize it is a cop. What are you going to do? Tell him that he has no right to question you because you've committed no crime? How does he know whether you've committed a crime or not? It is his job to determine who you are and why you are there and whether or not you are a menace to yourself or others. Check your attitude, son, or it will not turn out well for you. I guarantee it. Being questioned is not the same as being detained lawfully or unlawfully. It is your civic duty to cooperate with an officer's requests as long as it does not violate your rights. As a civic-minded citizen I would hope you know these things especially if you are carrying a firearm on your person or in your vehicle, load or unloaded, you or the weapon. Save the militia bullshit for the boys back at the barn where you can posture and strut all you want. More importantly, save it for when it is really needed. We ain't there yet.
It would behoove us all to brush up on this stuff including Samaritan laws, laws concerning carry and transport of firearms, and any and all laws, codes, regulations, and departmental policies on the municipal, county (parish), state and federal levels. Develop your own best practices based on what you learn because as you'll find out a lot of the laws etc. contradict one another and/or are as clear as mud. It's also a good idea to spend some time down at the county (parish) courthouse and sit in on as many arraignments, trials, etc. as you can. I'll bet some of you aren't even aware that you can do that. Learn the system and see how it works in the real world. Never assume you know anything. In fact, and here's a nugget of pure fucking gold for everybody: You're better off acting like you know less than you ACTUALLY do MOST of the time. But ALWAYS keep your cool and be as real as you can be. If that sounds like nonsense to anybody then i apologize for failing you. Besides, what the fuck do I know. Right?
I'm done. I thank you if you took the time to read more than one consecutive sentence today. I'd say "God bless you" but it would only be to accommodate an assumption of your beliefs, not mine, based on a statistically determined "majority". The sentiments are relatively equivalent when I say:
peace