Uh ... did you mean to say "someone who exercises [his] FIRST amendment rights"? Or do you frequently wave guns around on a traffic stop?No charges. However, this could be useful during a traffic stop or police encounter especially for someone who exercises second amendment rights and has encounters with ill-enforced law enforcement.
I suspect that Michigan will allow its officers to detain and separate you from the firearm for their safety even when you are lawfully carrying. There are ample USSC decisions allowing for discretion by officers for safety reasons. So even if you are allowed to carry openly in your state, don't be surprised that officers might be uncomfortable upon contact - especially if you start lipping off to them. Once the contact is complete, and there is no legal bar to your possession, I suspect that you would get the weapon back. I live in an area where everyone hunts and where a good number of people have CCWs, but they tend to be cooperative, tell us about the weapons, and allow us to separate them from the weapon without a fuss until we are finished.No, I meant second amendment rights. Many police officers, and the general public are not aware that you can openly carry a non-concealed visible firearm on your person [Michigan and many other states] as long as you are not holding (brandishing) the firearm -- with no required license or permit, as long as the firearm is registered to you.
And in how many of these cases did detentions result in a judgment against the officer?In many of these cases, the law abiding citizens' constitutional rights were violated, hence my original question.