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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 Oklahoma. 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 Oklahomans,
Here at U.S. Law Shield, we always want to pass along
to our members the experiences we encounter across the Sooner 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
Oklahoma law that we believe are crucial. Oklahoma law does not allow a
person to intentionally display a firearm 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 amount to an
immediate threat of death or 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.
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 (e.g., both drivers flipping each other off), and the
other driver (sometimes in a fit of rage and paranoia) calls 911. This
driver then proceeds to speculate and make vague allegations. 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
innocent person being arrested and thrown into the legal system for what
amounted to just bad manners. 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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Gun Law Workshops: Join Us and Bring a Friend |
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Members, time is running out! Mark your calendars and come
join us at our upcoming workshops as U.S. Law Shield Firearms Program
Attorneys separate legal fact from fiction! Learn about firearms and
self-defense law that affects you as a gun owner. Topics include: Use of
Force Laws, how to deal with law enforcement, types of experiences
after a use of force incident and 911 calls. Plus, there's always
Q&A time for your legal questions. Only a few seats are left, so
sign up for a workshop today. There's no cost to attend!
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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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