Liberty wrote:Good interaction, but I have a few suggestions;
1. Carry your handgun on one side, your wallet on the other. Makes a better balance reduces the chance of accidental exposure when fishing for your wallet and reduces the opportunity for the cop to get stressed or twitchy.
2.Try get your wallet out before the officer gets to your window, only do this if you can do it without a lot of fidgeting. Hold the wallet so the officer can clearly see and identify it.
3. Give the officer an opportunity to ask for your license or ID , When he asks present both your CHL and drivers license at the same time. Let him ask the questions. What we are trying to do is to make him comfortable with him being in charge and not introducing a surprise like an announcing "I gotta gun"
Silly little things, I know, but these little things can help the officer feel a little safer and maybe reduce a little stress in his life.
There is no reason to announce you have a gun until asked.
Yeah, except for #2 — there's no possible way for me to get my wallet out unless I unfasten my seat belt, and I want to make absolutely certain that the officer knows I was wearing that seat belt. So, I just sit there and wait for him to come up, then I do what I'm told.