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Mach1 wrote:You think maybe the officer picked up on atxtj's mood? And decided he (the officer) didn't know exactly what was causing it so he decided to err on the side of caution?

"To be honest I was shaking like a leaf as I pulled the car over and pulled out my CHL, license and insurance. Mrs. atxtj looked a bit nervous as well."

Don't think so, as the cop was as cool as could be, and was much more intent on training the rookie than paying attention to me or the wife, leaving us alone while showing him (the rookie) how to run my license and write the warning properly, and then instructing him on how to present the warning to me.

Nope, He never asked my wife for ID, although he made it clear he didn't want anyone around my firearm. Just to clarify, I didn't say it was a good stop, I said it wasn't a bad stop. I've seen videos of what a bad stop looks like, and considering that this occurred in Williamson county, (remember that thread about the guy that unintentionally exposed his weapon and spent some time in the clink?) it could of gone far worse.

Funny, he is an FTO. I suppose I was misinformed during my class then.

I believe he does it as a measure to keep him save, and he implied that that is how he does every CHL stop. While I would much rather him just say "ok, thanks for letting me know", it is his prerogative to disarm CHL holders at his discretion.

I finally got stopped for the first time with my chl today. Pulled over by a Williamson County sheriff who had a new deputy with him. I got stopped a year or so ago for not having a front plate and I've just been really lazy about putting one on, and it finally came back to bite me. To be honest I was shaking like a leaf as I pulled the car over and pulled out my CHL, license and insurance. Mrs. atxtj looked a bit nervous as well. He came up to the window and asked if I knew why I was stopped, I said "Yes, no front license plate. I want to let you know that I have my CHL and have a pistol on my right hip. What would you like me to do?" He said "No problem, you're one of the guys we don't really need to worry about", had me and the Mrs. get out of the car, and disarmed me(he was really nice & courteous the whole stop). He put my Kahr on the drivers seat and had us walk to the sidewalk, and instructed the rookie on running my DL and writing me a warning, I think I would have been cited if it had not been for the CHL honestly. He came back and handed my dl back with my warning. I told him that this was my first stop since having my CHL, and thanked him for being so cool about it. He said "Every LEO you encounter will be different, but like I said, we don't worry about you guys. I like to keep the gun out of it, just because I like to make sure I go home at night." All in all not a bad stop, although being disarmed in broad daylight was a little weird to say the least!