Last Saturday, I was driving back home from Colorado Bend State Park with my girlfriend and her son. We were doing 78 in a 70 zone when a cop pulled me over. The tale that a CHL can often get you out of a speeding ticket came to mind as I pulled it and my drivers license out of my wallet. I handed both to him, and he asked where my pistol was. I told him that it was under the passenger seat, locked. He had an odd look on his face, then asked if I always keep it there. I replied that I forgot to put it back on when I left the park. He told me to slow down because of the deer, and then he went back to his car to write a warning ticket.
When he came back, he said that I should keep the gun on my side, because if he needed assistance on the side of the road, it would take too long to get it out of the locked box!
So after he went back to his car, I pulled the holster out, held it out the window to show him that I was rearming, and re-armed myself. I've been waiting for my first LEO encounter ever since I got my CHL. While I've been anticipating a nicer attitude from cops, I didn't expect that.
-Brent
Note: This is not an endorsement of the idea that a CHL is a get-out-of-a-speeding-ticket pass.
That was the last thing we did. I forgot to rearm after changing.
BTDT when I was an LEO and had a potential drowning victim. Luckily we carried S&W stainless Model 66's at the time, so wasn't too hard to get it cleaned up.
