Jailed In Nevada

Jailed in Nevada For Carrying Without Nevada CCW Permit - by 'Be Prepared'

I'll just recite the circumstance. I ride a motorcycle and had been visiting old friends in Calif. I'd been gone from my home in Montana for about a week and carrying, where allowed my Colt OM in a DeSantis "Sky Cop" cross draw holster. Returning in the general direction of Montana I had gone from Calif into Nev. For medical reason I do not sit for extended periods and should walk to promote the health in my feet. Below Walker Lake I decided to go for a short hike and holstered my OM rather than leave it on the bike. After having wandered about for about 45 min I returned to the bike and continued my ride.

Just South of Tonopah and Nev State Highway Patrol pulled my over for speed and asked as he approached me if I had any weapons on me. It then flashed on me that I'd failed to place the pistol back in the pack and that I was not in a great circumstance. I answered "Yes". He put his hand on his Tazer and asked if I had a permit and I answered "Yes, one for Montana" and he ordered me to assume the position. After about 45 min he advised me that they did not honor a Montana permit and that I was under arrest for carrying a weapon without a permit. I asked about safe passage and he said "NO'. I noted that the chamber was empty and he responded that an empty chamber made no difference. He cuffed me and put me in the back of his vehicle. The impound wrecked came to get the bike, a Honda Valkyrie weighs over 800 pds dry. I asked if I could help the impound person to load the bike and he refused. I told him they would drop the bike and he responded that I was under arrest and could not assist the impound person. We then proceed to to NYE County Detention Center where I was placed in solitary for 2 days. During that time I was booked on a Gross Misdemeanor charge of Carrying a concealed weapon without a permit (or some such thing). I was finally placed in the general population with a cell block population of gang members.

During this period I was denied all medications for 4 days and finally allowed two for the last two days. The pain meds were not allowed and the pain from peripheral neuoropathy continued to increase. I asked for and was twice declined on two days access to the hospital for pain treatment and was twice denied. Once they gave me another persons meds and I was again placed in solitary for observation as a result.

This solitary was no more than a concrete room with a hole in the floor to handle body functions. No means for cleanup including the absence of bathroom tissue.

Finally, after 6 days, the DA's Office declined to file charges. The judge charged me with a defective taillight, gave me credit for time served, said my weapon would be returned to me and that I was free to go.

The rest of the story is that my weapon was not returned to me. (months later I had to track it down and return to Nevada to obtain it).

The impound yard tricked me into signing off on the liability paragraph before I saw the bike. They had dropped it on the right side incurring about $l,000 damage to the machine.

A "senior moment" was very expensive.

I"ll leave the reader to their own conclusion. Oh, they damaged the frame of my pistol by scaring it on the OM when they clamped it in the test fire device to secure a bullet and fired brass.

Oh, I'm 73 years old with a clean record. No tickets or arrests of any kind.