PA: Plain view of possession of a firearm is RS to see if the person is licensed or not

“‘[P]ossession of a concealed firearm in public is sufficient to create a reasonable suspicion that the individual may be dangerous, such that an officer can approach the individual and briefly detain him in order to investigate whether the person is properly licensed.’” Commonwealth v. Mason, 2015 PA Super 268, 2015 Pa. Super. LEXIS 839 (Dec. 22, 2015) [Contrast that to open carry states where courts have held that there is no reasonable suspicion from possession of a firearm because it’s the nature of the licensing law.]

The CI’s information about a drug dealer from NYC arriving in town and what he would do was observed by the officers thereby corroborating the CI. Thus, they had PC for defendant’s detention. United States v. Coleman, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 171709 (W.D.N.Y. Nov. 9, 2015),* adopted 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 170929 (W.D.N.Y. Dec. 22, 2015).*

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