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June 4, 2014 |
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More States Added to U.S Law Shield Multi-State |
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Great news members! We have added another five states
to our Multi-State Program! These states are added free of charge to our
current Multi-State Program to help you be even better protected when
outside of Pennsylvania. If you travel to other states with the
Multi-State Program and have a legal use of your firearm, you will have
continued seamless coverage.
If you don't already have Multi-State coverage added
on to your membership, then consider having the additional peace of
mind. With the newly added states to the multi-state program, the
membership add-on is still only $2.95 a month!
New states added to our Multi-State Program include:
Idaho, Massachusetts, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington
To add the Multi-State option to your membership or for more information, please log in to our Member Portal or call our office at 877-474-7184 and we will be happy to assist you.
Our complete list of states covered under the Multi-State Program includes:
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida,
Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico,
Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Tennessee, Utah,
Virginia and Washington
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Forget How To Flip The Bird If You Carry A Firearm |
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Dear Pennsylvanians,
Here at U.S. Law Shield, we strive to pass along to
our members the experiences we encounter across both Pennsylvania and
the United States as a whole. In this article, we would like to offer
some real-world practical advice for firearms owners, with the specific
goal of keeping them out of the legal system. If you keep a firearm in
your automobile, you should not allow yourself the luxury of losing your
temper while driving. It is our experience that if you do, you are
putting yourself at a significant risk of arrest even if you have done
nothing illegal!
Before we begin, let us remind you of some points on
Pennsylvania law that we believe are crucial to the subject. It is very
important to remember that the moment you put your gun in any vehicle,
it becomes concealed under Pennsylvania law unless you are going
directly to and from target practice or to and from the gun store after
purchase. If you have a firearm in your car without one of those two
exceptions, even if it is in plain view to all, and you do not have a
license to carry a concealed firearm, you are in violation of the law.
Pennsylvania law does not allow a person to intentionally display a
firearm in a threatening manner in response to being cut off by another
car, having another car slowly drift across a highway lane, or in
response to provocation from another driver which does not amount to an
immediate threat of death or serious bodily injury. In other words, if
the other driver is just being a jerk, a bad driver, or both - you
cannot display a firearm in response. The practical advice put forth in
this article is not meant for those who are acting illegally by
breaking these laws, but rather to help protect those who stay within
the law but may still find themselves caught up in the legal system.
Over the last several years, the experience of our
over 90,000 members has taught us that often, all it takes to get
arrested, and possibly charged with a crime, is the mere allegation from
another driver that they believed someone might have had a firearm
during a traffic altercation. There have been numerous occasions where
our members have been involved in traffic incidents (i.e., both drivers
flipping each other off) where the opposing driver (sometimes in fits of
rage and paranoia) calls 911 following the disagreement. The common
trend shows this driver may then proceed to make vague allegations and
speculations. For example: "He pointed something that looked like a
gun!", "She put an object on the dashboard to intimidate me!", or "I
think they may have a gun!"
Upon listening to the actual 911 calls, these
allegations can sometimes seem to be little more than mere conjecture by
an irate motorist, but to make matters worse, 911 operators often ask
leading questions, possibly resulting in even more inaccuracies when the
report is transmitted to the responding officers (remember the
information the police officer often have to initially work with on the
scene can be inaccurate, incomplete, or just plain wrong). As a matter
of standard procedure, the police will typically be dispatched following
such a call. In our experience, if the police pull someone over under
these circumstances and the driver does in fact have a legal firearm in
their possession after the exchange of "roadway pleasantries," they will
likely be arrested with little or no evidence beyond the initial
caller�s word. Why does this happen? That answer can be studied from
many different angles, and is beyond the scope of this article, but rest
assured that it is happening.
Therefore, our advice to our members who carry a
firearm in their vehicle is: always do it legally and don't let yourself
get drawn into any form of a road rage incident no matter how minor. We
have seen too many cases that were clearly incidents of enraged
motorists overreacting and calling 911 to �get even.� The other
driver/caller may convey allegations that are physically impossible or
defy the laws of physics, but the falsity of these allegations can only
be shown after an investigation, lots of grief, and involvement in the
criminal justice system. These types of 911 calls can result in an
arrest for what realistically amounted to bad manners. Frankly, our
legal system can be far from perfect. So our message is simple: Don't
allow yourself to get caught up in the legal system just because you got
angry in traffic. If you carry a gun, don't flip the bird! It can
happen to you.
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Featured Pennsylvania CCW Seminars |
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U.S. Law Shield of Pennsylvania is proud be partnering with our friends at Lethal Force for two CCW Seminars this month! Don't miss your chance to register for one!
You and your friends are invited! Come out to
our seminar on Tuesday, June 24 at the Shenango Township Firehall in New
Castle, or Wednesday, June 25 at the Rochester Sportsmen's Club in
Rochester. Join us at either seminar from 6 to 9:30 p.m. as U.S. Law Shield Program Attorneys and firearms experts separate legal fact from fiction.
Topics include Use of Force and Stand Your Ground Laws,
Where You Can Legally Carry, and How To Deal With Difficult Law
Enforcement. Plus, there's no cost to attend!
Learn about firearms and self-defense law that affects you as a gun owner. Register today!
Sign up for the June 24 seminar here, or sign up for the June 25 seminar here.
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U.S. Law Shield
1020 Bay Area Blvd., Suite 220
Houston, TX 77058 |
Telephone: 877-474-7184
Website: www.uslawshield.com
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