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I do own Glocks, but usually not my daily companion. I think the discussion was when I told the officer I was carrying a commander length 1911. I think his beef with the Glock was that it was department mandated and he liked something else. He really was a nice guy and I really was caught 20 over.

I have a gun on me or beside me in the truck 98% of the time, but still think you should hand both to officer making stop. I have lots of friends and family who are LEOs in Texas and it is a courtesy. I had not been stopped in 10 or so years when recently I was caught over the speed limit and at fault by a Sulphur Springs PD officer. I was doing 20 over on the East Loop and pulling a large trailer about 5 in the AM--guilty and my fault. I was really thinking about the electrical job I was on the way to Oklahoma to do for a good friend and knew the speed limit was 45 there.

He asked for license and insurance and I handed him both pieces of plastic and my insurance. He immediately handed back the CHL and walked back and ran 28 and 29 on me and the truck. Came back and said he was writing me a citation for 10 over as it was cheaper than 20 but asked that I slow down henseforth in SS. Then he asked me what I was carrying and how long had I been licensed. Asked about how much time I had to shoot and where we shot at home. Nice guy, but he still wrote me up on one I deserved. I did learn that he was a 1911 guy and did not really cotton to Glocks.