In U.S. v. Hensley, 469 U.S. 221, 235, 83 L. Ed. 2d 604, 6161, 105 S. Ct. 675 (1985), the United States Supreme Court held that police officers acted reasonably in arresting a passenger in the defendant's vehicle after recognizing the passenger as a convicted felon and observing the butt of a revolver protruding from underneath the passenger's seat. Hensley, 469 U.S. at 224, 83 L. Ed. 2d at 609. The officers searched the vehicle, found other handguns, and arrested the defendant. Id. at 225, 83 L. Ed. 2d at 609. The Supreme Court held that the seizure of the revolver located under the passenger's seat and the subsequent search of the passenger compartment were reasonably necessary to protect the officers' safety and therefore were authorized. Id. at 235, 83 L. Ed. 2d at 616.