Yes, I believe it that some cops would very possibly shoot one for carrying a gun, even though it's our right, especially when we have a permit. They shoot people for a lot less than that. Nearby in Everett Wa a cop shot and killed a man for sitting in his car drunker than a skunk, but doing absolutely nothing. He was too drunk to move and wouldn't get out of his car. It was wedged in between two other cars so he couldn't go anywhere. A cop ordered him out of his car, which he was unable to do and then shot and killed him.
In Seattle an old man, a native American had a whittling knife. He was loved and well known by Seattlites...a fixture of the city for sitting on a bench and whittling artful things from wood. He was deaf. He didn't hear the cop yell at him and then he was shot dead.
I could go on. There are many such stories about police shooting and bludgeoning people with no justification.
If the constitution of the United States says we have a right to keep and bear arms and we have a permit and a cop shoots citizens when they haven't drawn on him, the cop is no better than a common murderer. If a cop is being threatened or being drawn on, of course he has a right to defend himself. But not until. And asking if one has a gun in the car when it's put away in a glove compartment and not being drawn on the cop, then the cop is not being threatened. If the cop has a definite suspicion or probable cause, then that's a little different. I realize that it's dangerous for cops in many circumstances. But to take average citizens or that old lady in the story and start prying into their personal belongings, which they have a right to have, is none of their business imo.
I don't disrespect all cops. I've been stopped by some very polite ones who stuck to the business at hand. One time though, I was asked where I was going, where I came from. I was stopped for going 45 in a 35 zone. I am a very conservative looking, conservatively dressed, upper middle class type with a nice car. I could not possibly look like some common thief or drug dealer. There is no reason for a cop to have to know where I'm going, where I've been and what I'm going to be doing. My only vice is having a bit of a lead foot...not too much, but sometimes a few miles over. I've gotten way better lately because there are cops stopping people every single mile you go on the freeway now. They're EVERYWHERE. The heavy arm of the law is felt much more than it use to be. Only thing is...they're more concerned about people driving 8 or 10 miles over the limit than they are about people running red lights, weaving in and out of traffic dangerously, tail gating like you would not believe and generally driving aggressively or speeding excessively.
Downtown Seattle in the business district on one street are people going to and from work, respectable, working people. The cops are there, dressed all in black now with helmets, looking more militant than ever, ticketing jay walkers while just down the street...one block, on the next corner and around the corner on the perpendicular street, there are drug deals going on, scum bags hanging around doing drugs and bothering people and NO cop is doing anything about that! There have been shootings on that other street, just around the corner from where my daughter works in a high rise at an architectural firm. Her company warns the employees not to get off the bus on that other street. That's the only place her bus stops around there. So, there are the cops, handing out jay walking tickets, hiding behind things on the freeway ticketing people going just a little over the speed limit and letting drug deals and shootings go along as they were.
My daughter got a jay walking ticket. (Granted, jay walking is dangerous and against the law, so fine...so be it) Just afterward, she heard a drug dealer giving the sign to another druggy (there's a particular sound or call they make) and it was obvious what was going on. They have no scruples. And that cop did nothing whatsoever. Nothing!
So, do I respect all cops? Hell no! If it weren't for corrupt cops, I don't think we'd have the drug problem we have. Why else do they do nothing? Do I respect some? Sure.