There is no "preponderance" regarding displaying your CHL. The law only requires a person display the CHL IF they are carring a handgun under authority of the CHL laws at the time. Periodstevie_d_64 wrote:Well...Hickeroar wrote:If you show your CHL to a LEO, they assume you are armed. You are not *required* to show the CHL unless you're carrying so if you show it, they will assume you're carrying if you don't tell them otherwise.Charles L. Cotton wrote:A non-CHL doesn't have to tell a LEO he/she is armed, but don't lie if asked. This is a minor point, but an armed CHL only has to show the CHL to a LEO, they don't also have to say they are armed.
Regards,
Chas.
My well documented thoughts on this are...
You get pulled over...You are a CHL...Whether or not you are carrying at that time is a moot point...
I would rather (much to my personal belief in minding my own business and those of others) go ahead and err on the side of not giving them any surprises when they run the check...
Because at that point, if they do not know you're a CHL before they run it, they are sure as heck going to want to know why you did not identify yourself before hand, like I said regardless if you are carrying or not...
They will assume the worse case, and think that there is a "bad" reason why you did not hand them your license when you gave tham all the other stuff...
Even though there is legal "preponderance" (is that a legalese term Charles???) that is defensible, to not give them the CHL license if you are not carrying at that time...I would just rather not make the traffic stop something the officer or deputy is going to have a hard feeling about when he/she comes across another one of us...
And I'll bet if I call for it, a majority, if not all, the Law Enforcement folks who participate here will side up with me on this...And I'd much enjoy them being on my side, because they want to, and not because they have to...
So...I am ready for my flogging now...
If you are not carrying it does not matter.