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AustinMRH wrote:

The Annoyed Man wrote:

mojo84 wrote:He said he moved it from his waistband.

If the OP's shirt was tucked in and he had no cover garment and that gun was inside the waistband but outside the shirt, then that j-frame was being open-carried, and it would be necessary to either cover it or store it out of sight.

There are missing details here.

MY question is, why wasn't the gun properly carried and concealed in the first place? That single precaution would have canceled any need to "hide" the gun, or worse yet, to handle the gun during an LEO encounter.

Just my 2¢. YMMV.

I was on the open highway at night, there was nobody to see it so the butt of the revolver was visible. The gun was stored in a safe place, concealed even from a casual viewer however it would not have been concealed from an officer standing at the window with a flashlight. The old tree falls in the woods question. I moved it because I thought doing so would ultimately make everyone more comfortable. If the officer asked me and I told him it was here in the map pocket, or under a towel on the pass seat, I think there would be a risk he would want to disarm me or have me exit the vehicle.

When the lights came on, but well before I had come to a stop or was at any risk of the officer seeing me handle the revolver I slid it to my wife who put it in the glove box as she removed our insurance papers. By the time we came to a stop at a safe location the gun was away and we had the dome light on with paperwork ready.

It seems like there are a lot of people who seem to believe having a plastic card in their wallet somehow makes them a friend to LEO. Every LEO I know though still would prefer you not have immediate access to a firearm when they are standing at your window. Regardless of cards you have in your wallet.