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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 the state of Colorado. 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 Coloradoans,
Here at U.S. Law Shield of Colorado, we always want
to pass along to our members the experiences we encounter across the
Centennial State. In this newsletter, we would like to offer practical
advice for the real world if you carry a firearm, in order to keep you
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
Colorado law that we believe are crucial. Colorado law does not allow a
person to intentionally display a firearm (or a CHL holder to
intentionally reveal their handgun) in response to being cut off by
another car, being almost hit by another car on the freeway, or in
response to provocation from another driver which does not produce the
reasonable belief that you are in imminent danger of death or grave
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.
This article is not about people that have taken these illegal actions.
It is about how you respond to them.
Over the last several years, experience 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 a
traffic incident (i.e., both drivers flipping each other off), and the
other driver (sometimes in fits of rage and paranoia) calls 911. This
driver then proceeds to make vague allegations and speculation. 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. To make matters worse, 911 operators often ask
leading questions, possibly resulting in even more inaccuracies when the
report is transmitted to the police (remember the information the
police officer often has to initially work with on the scene can be
inaccurate, incomplete, or just plain wrong). As a matter of standard
procedure, the police will be dispatched. 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 this exchange of
"roadway pleasantries," they will likely be arrested with little or no
evidence. 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 car 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 cases that were clearly incidents of people overreacting and
calling 911. The other driver/caller may convey allegations that never
could have physically occurred. 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 amounted to bad manners. However, it results in an
innocent person getting thrown into the legal system. Frankly, our legal
system can be far from perfect and administered by people who sometimes
do not possess the wisdom of Solomon. So our message is simple: Don't
allow yourself to get sucked into 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 Colorado Seminars & Workshops |
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Mark your calendars and join us at our upcoming seminars and
workshops as U.S. Law Shield Firearms Program Attorneys separate legal
fact from fiction! Learn about firearms and self-defense law that every
gun owner should know.
At U.S. Law Shield we are proud to team-up with our friends
at the state's premier gun ranges and facilities. We strive to educate
as many gun owners as possible so they can carry and use their firearms
safely and legally.
Come out to meet your program attorneys and hear topics such
as Colorado Deadly Force Laws, Stand Your Ground Law, Civil Liability,
What To Do with Law Enforcement.
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QuickLinks |
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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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