I will not and do not show CHL if I am NOT carrying. The point to show it if you are carrying, so the officer knows you are armed or not regardless if he knows you have a CHL, showing a CHL to inform you are armed is safer than showing the pistol. This is the law, if the officer is untrained or preferred you show the CHL up front, do so as needed, apologize, then file a complaint, the dash cam is public record.Keith B wrote:
Say man do they pull your plastic for not telling them. In some places the changed the law that you get reprimanded. be nice if we had a Official chl body to talk to.
You are still required by la to show your CHL if you are carrying, however there is no legal penalty for not doing so. If you are not carrying you do not have to display your CHL. However, some police officers do not properly understand the requirement and will chastise you for to showing even if not required to since not carrying. At that point, you are best to apologize, show the CHL and then once the situation is over, then you can contact the department and file a complaint.
I know a good amount of LEO's and it worries me that they can rarely answer my questions about procedural differences between CHL and non-CHL. Read the law book, know it, practice your rights within reason (dont be an jerk if the cop disagrees with you, that usually NEVER works).