[kevin017]

to whoever above posting about probable cause: the law does indeed use reasonable suspicion or some variant of it in a lot of cases. BUT, the fallacy of copernicous's logic is still this: engaging in legal behavior is in no way reasonable suspicion that you are engaging in illegal behavior.

i've become more interested in gun laws lately. In virginia, its legal to openly carry a gun on your hip, with no license or anything. however, sometimes people call the police on these people, and uninformed police sometimes try to use the fact that the person is carrying a gun as grounds to terry stop someone, search, detain, sometimes even draw at and disarm at gunpoint, etc, when carrying a gun is a legal activity and in no way provides reasonable suspicion about involvement in a crime.