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roge wrote:Do LEOS keep silent when you show them your ID and CHL? The reason I'm asking is cause, what if you're driving your vehicle and you have passengers with you that don't know you're carrying your pistol and don't know you have a CHL, and you don't want them to know. Will LEOS ask you if you are armed in the presence of others? Anyone relate to this?.....Gracias.

I have no idea. But that brings up a question I've been wondering: if you're carrying, is presenting your CHL the only thing you're required by law to do? Or are you required to also announce that you're carrying?

I think you did everything right, and I am just guessing here, but I don't think his presumption was as simple as you hiding a weapon. He probably got nervous when he ran your license, CHL popped up, and he's thinking about you driving someone else's vehicle, wondering all along why you didn't show the CHL. "Maybe this guy stole that car? Or worse, he's taken that poor woman hostage! Better get some backup." So then, he's probably a bit on edge wondering what's gonna happen next, then gets embarrassed that you know the law better than he does, so (in a typical human male response), he turns all of those emotions into anger.

Not a psychologist here, nor a cop, but that's one possible way I might have reacted were I in his shoes. Still, his facts weren't straight (as evidenced by him blowing smoke about your CHL, yet he hands out no punitive response) and they oughta be straightened out somehow. Sorry to hear how this shook you up. You did a fine job of handling yourself!