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CHLSteve wrote:

RHZig wrote: I guess time will tell, but wouldn't the number of officers who "it doesn't mean anything to 'em if you have a CHL" also increase?

I am unlike most officers and can only answer for myself; I don't know. I think most reasonable, prudent thinking officers can tell who they're dealing with when it comes to a CHLer. Are there idiots that get a CHL because they heard it was a get out of jail free card? Sure there are. Can you tell when you come across one of these people? Maybe, sometimes.

I work in one of the CHL rich areas and I would say that one in twenty vehicles I stop have a CHL on board. However, I am usually working interdiction trying to find burglars, drunks, and druggies. If I see you have a CHL, I immediately know that you're not what I'm looking for (in most cases). Unless of course you're going way too fast or you're driving like an idiot.




I see the mentality that some officers carry around with them. Some officers I know look at everyone the same unless they have a reason not to. It doesn't mean anything to 'em if you have a CHL. But we do deal with a lot of idiots and people that have no business carrying a CHL. It's nothing against CHLers.
I don't think the attitude towards CHLers is going to change. Still, there's always going to be way more non CHLs than CHL out there.