Carry away. When seconds count, the cops will be there in minutes. I never ever understood the mentality of looking to charge a guy with some silly malum prohibitum crime if there is no real need to. The police have discretion in most matters and should use it wisely. In other situations, they do not (209A violations, domestic violence violations, OUI to name a few..too many law suits if they DO NOT act). Too many have become robots or unwittingly the .gov henchmen. Usually its the dumb, ignorant (redundant I know), ego/power monger, liability conscious or black & white/inflexible cops who do this. Too many who are in the pursuit of trying too hard to do their job forget what their jobs really is and fail by feeding into the systemic political monster that is MA policing. It means something to be a "policeman". It also means something to be a JBT. BIG differnece. The 2nd ammendment is there for a reason, as are all ammendments. Each is worth preseving and protecting. It is what separates this country from so many others.