"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." - Thomas Jefferson, Virginia Constitution, Draft 1, 1776
After 9-11, the .gov setup checkpoints at the approaches to Hoover Dam. They brought in detailees to work them and I did two weeks out there. This happened to be at the same time as SHOT. It was night and I contacted a guy in a truck who was obviously nervous. I asked him about weapons in the vehicle and he let out a panicked explanation that he had a bunch of gun and silencers but they were all legal. He held his breath and waited for the Ninjas to parachute in and take him down. I asked him who he worked for and he told me. I responded, "oh, you guys just won the Small Arms Review silencer shootoff." I've never seen someone so relieved in all of my life.
I once got pulled over at night on the US 60 in the back end of nowhere, New Mexico, by a young and eager State Trooper. My truck had one of those topper shells on it, and the plastic windows were ancient and blurry from being in the sun for so long, so he couldn't see inside even with a flashlight. He asked what I had in the back, I said "Swords, spears, plate armor, a couple axes and a warhammer." That took him aback, and he had to think a moment to process it. "Are you part of one of those Renaissance Fairs?" he asked. "Yep." "Cool, have a nice night, and get that headlight fixed."
A few years ago now I was on my way back from the fun range, I had silencers, SBRs, and an AOW. I get pulled over by a FDEP officer (a state level park service LE). This was after an ARFCOM'er had a very negative experience with FHP involving NFA weapons (summary of the story was hand cuffed on the side of the road waiting for the ATF). My internal monologue during the entire stop was "Please don't ask if I have weapons in the vehicle."
The vid in post 52 was great.
I rolled through the check point south of Pendleton a few years ago. Three 40ish white guys in suits. We got the 5mph wave through. I am ok with that given how out of control our borders are.
Farther from the border and with an attempted rectal exam, probably not so much.