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**Mike Irwin** · August 12, 2002, 11:20 AM

Anyway, how I answer...

I was stopped some years ago for speeding when I was in college.

I was asked these questions.

"Yes, I have prescription antibiotics and my .22 target rifle in the trunk."

The officer never asked to see either object, issued me a written warning (I wasn't going that fast) and sent me on my way.

Two other times I have been stopped (once in DC, by a metro officers, once on I-70 in Pennsylvania by a state trooper).

Neither of those times was I asked those questions.

August 12, 2002, 11:20 AM	#24
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,390	Anyway, how I answer... I was stopped some years ago for speeding when I was in college. I was asked these questions. "Yes, I have prescription antibiotics and my .22 target rifle in the trunk." The officer never asked to see either object, issued me a written warning (I wasn't going that fast) and sent me on my way. Two other times I have been stopped (once in DC, by a metro officers, once on I-70 in Pennsylvania by a state trooper). Neither of those times was I asked those questions. __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.