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The word "always" is key. If the conversation went further and the customer revealed he is not a current LEO or a LEOSA qualified former LEO the technical requirements for probable cause may have been met.

TXlaw1 wrote:

Jasonw560 wrote:

tacticool wrote:[
I can suspect or have general knowledge what someone has inside their pants but it's not a crime unless they intentionally fail to conceal.

Hope you don't routinely ask if that's a roll of quarters in their pocket....Of course, if they fail to conceal, that's called lewd and lascivious behavior.

You guys, that is a great illustration of the law of concealed handgun carrying! Thanks.

I gotta remember that one. It's a classic!

Divided Attention wrote:Thank gents! The first time I was asked I 'bout choked... I wasn't sure what to do. I typically don't discuss with anyone, as it causes too much unrest among the masses. I was sure hoping as it was at a gun store it would be OK to say "yes sir don't leave home without it!"

I don't think you'd have much to worry about there.

Even if you didn't have one coming in, they'd like to see you leave with one.

Divided Attention wrote:OK, here is my dumb question to throw in the mix. In a gun shop, Joe Counterman says "So do you have your CHL?" I answer "yes sir" to which he asks "What do you carry". Is this intentionally failing to conceal - not showing, just telling?

SO MANY RULES AND INTERPRETATIONS! Sometimes my head hurts

I am not a lawyer, and I cannot provide legal advice. In my understanding concealment as it applies here means hidden from view. Talking about it doesn't visually expose the weapon and so doesn't compromise the concealment requirement.

That being said, you should carefully choose who you talk to about it and where those conversations take place. Talking about your concealed gun carelessly can tempt some folks who may not be your best friends to watch you more closely and an accidental exposure which might have gone unnoticed before may be observed and used to cause you grief. This doesn't happen a lot, but it does happen.