I dunno. Driving around at after-midnight on teh weekend, the cops are ESPECIALLY looking for something to pull you over on. I had a Statie pull me over. She was on the side of hte road finishing up a stop. I zoom by at 65 or so. She IMMEDIATELY pulls out and hooks me up. (I thought she was going after teh guy next to me.)
I had just bought hte car. No inspection sticker yet. 65mph. In her rear-view. She was out and had me over inside of a half-mile or so. Damn that's some good eyesight. I don't mess with MSP because of that.
Heck, look at the dummies they seize from people trying to use the HOV lane illegally. Again, at 40-50mph, they can see that this "sleeping guy" in the passenger seat is really a dummy. Wow.
I know you don't mean it that way, but it could be taken that way. So "The police thinking you're up to something is NOT a crime."
I also believe he was up to something else. But tough crap. Short of having 3-4 handguns, there wasn't anything they could do. And inside of 2 years, the handguns stand a good chance of being legal. He's not carrying on his person - they were stored in his car. The way the SC is ruling, this is a case that could be convicted and then overturned in a couple of years.