CLAYTON CRAMER: Why You Should Never Carry In A State That Does Not Allow It.

He did not have a gun with him, and it was a good thing. One of the automated license plate readers in Maryland grabbed his Florida plate, matched it up with Florida’s concealed weapon permit files, and then the excitement started: . . .

Retreating to the space between the SUV and the unmarked car, the officer orders John to hook his thumbs behind his back and spread his feet. “You own a gun,” the officer says. “Where is it?”

“At home in my safe,” John answers.

“Don’t move,” says the officer.

Now he’s at the passenger’s window. “Your husband owns a gun,” he says. “Where is it?”

First Kally says, “I don’t know.” Retelling it later she says, “And that’s all I should have said.” Instead, attempting to be helpful, she added, “Maybe in the glove [box]. Maybe in the console. I’m scared of it. I don’t want to have anything to do with it. I might shoot right through my foot.”

The officer came back to John. “You’re a liar. You’re lying to me. Your family says you have it. Where is the gun? Tell me where it is and we can resolve this right now.” . . .

And yes, the police state of Maryland thoroughly searched the car, separated John and his wife for 90 minutes of interrogation — and then wrote them a speeding ticket. (They say that they weren’t speeding, because they were being following by a police car, and knew it.) Maryland, being a liberal controlled state, is fascist. I can’t imagine ever driving through it. And I sure would not do it with a gun on me.

Another lesson: Don’t talk to cops.