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Except there was no legal basis for this demand to produce ID. You seem to think the police can demand ID at any time, and this is "reasonable."
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Yes, you can be asked for ID at any time. And, n this case, it was not unreasonable. I simply cannot fathom why anyone would not simply show a drivers license. This mythical 'right to privacy' is just a sham for those who want to be, simply stated, a petulant child.
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The bottom line is that the police were ignorant of state carry law, and used that ignorance to bootstrap the rest of it.
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No, the bottom line is that the patrons were obstructing a police investigation. They failed to comply with the simplest of courteous discourse and they were treated badly because of it. Do you think it is a good thing to obstruct police as long as it is legal for you to do so?
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That's a subservient police state mentality which is fortunately not shared by everyone.
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I have a feeling that everyone who thinks this is, or we are headed towards, a police state have never actually visited a place that is a police state.
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No actually, reflexive subservience to illegal and pushy police requests is what's detrimental to our rights as Americans.
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Our rights are intact. No laws were changed. The only thing these people accomplished was getting their restaruant to post. Frankly, I don't blame them one bit after this nonsense.