The Federal government has an illegal national registry of gun owners and is sharing that information with local police.
When John Filippidis, a Florida resident, was traveling through Maryland earlier this year he was stopped by a officer from the Maryland Transportation Authority Police (MTAP), who after 10 minutes on the radio knew he had a concealed carry permit from Florida.
Filippidis left his gun at home, in honor of the gun laws in other states, and stated this to the officer. However, his wife stated ‘it might be in the glove box’, which resulted in a 90 minute search of his car.
The officer called Mr. Filippidis a ‘liar’ and ripped through everything “riders, luggage, Christmas gifts, laundry bags,” and all.
It is against federal law to have a national gun registry, yet here is, once again, proof that the federal government is lawless and intent on disarming Americans.
When Floridian concealed carry permit holder John Filippidis and his family drove through Maryland on their way to New Jersey for Christmas, he was pulled over by the Maryland Transportation Authority Police (MTAP), accused of having a gun, humiliated, and searched along with his car and family.
According to The Tampa Tribune, Filippidis normally carries a Kel-Tec semi-automatic pistol for concealed carry. But knowing the gun laws in Maryland and New Jersey, he decided to leave it at home in his safe instead of bringing with him on the trip.
Said Filippidis: “I know the laws and I know the rules, but I think it’s a better idea to leave it at home.”
While driving through Maryland, he was pulled over by a MTAP officer who asked for vehicle license and registration, then went back to the patrol car. “Ten minutes later” the officer came back to the driver’s window, asked Filippidis to exit the Ford Expedition and took him behind the vehicle to ask where his gun was.
Filippidis told the officer he left it at home in a safe.
The officer then walked up to the passenger window and asked Filippidis’ wife where the gun was, and she said: “I don’t know… Maybe in the glove [box]. Maybe in the console. I’m scared of it.”
Following this, the Tribune says the officer returned to Filippidis, called him “a liar,” then spent roughly 90 minutes searching the car for a gun that wasn’t there. This meant emptying the car of its contents—”riders, luggage, Christmas gifts, laundry bags,” and all.
After finding no gun, the officer issued Filippidis a warning and sent him on his way.
The officer’s captain and “a Maryland Transportation Authority Police internal affairs captain” have since both apologized for the incident. Filippidis has not decided yet what his next step will be.
Jen, can you please give us a summary of what that means ??????
JamesA says
First off, he had a Florida operator’s license. It makes sense to check with Florida on the status of his license. Possibly Florida links the concealed weapons permits with their operator’s license information.
Secondly, the officer’s purported conduct sounds contrived: most officers favor gun rights, so why would an officer be upset here?
Lastly, I know of no law enforcement agency where the internal affairs staff would issue an apology and I doubt a thorough investigation had been done yet, therefore find it doubtful that a captain would have issued an apology yet.
tired worker says
What has being pulled over for a driving infraction got to do with the police contacting Fla. to see if he has a gun premit? Is it a state law that says when you pull someone over you have to check to see if they have a gum permit, because if it is then there would have to be some kind of registry for them to go through.
rebel5871 says
have to wonder if during the search if the cop destroyed all the christmas gifts?
and how much damage he did to their vehicle?
Sounds to me like his wife needs to SHUT THE $#%&!@* UP.
It would seem to me that anyone with any amount of sense would know, if your a criminal, you wont have a permit and if your a law abiding person and want to carrya gun you will. If i travel thru an area that does not allow me to carry then i simply lock my gun in one case and my ammo in another and put them both out of reach. That is legal transport of my firearms most anyplace.
The PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF MARYLAND does not offer reciprocity on CCP’s. The officer in doing his job ran his plates through the FLA DMV to see if there were any warrants. And likely FLA links CCP’s to DMV records.
The gun owner should be mad at his wife for opening the door for the search of the vehicle. Without her comments, the officer would have had no reasonable cause for the search and this story would then have some teeth.
As it stands, there’s nothing wrong here.
id have to say the wife did all this by saying the gun might be in the glove box not sure but that’s what it seemed like to me and besides this when your a ccl your name is in a data base so whats the big deal he was legal and went on his way right
I thought the nra kept that list..
IN Kentucky if they run your plates or driver liceense it will show if you have a CCP