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mloamiller wrote:

Charlies.Contingency wrote:The main reason I don't carry my wallet in my pocket is that it hurts my back to be sitting on it on one side.

Wow! I wish I had enough money in my wallet that it would cause that problem for me!

Nah, don't kid yourself. Mostly credentials and other cards. I always buy the wrong wallet when I shop for them, and get the triple fold instead of the bi-fold which makes it even worse, though it has been convenient due to the easy ID feature.

jailbird wrote:Like some others I wait until the officer asks for ID. This is when I tell them where my ID is and ask them if I can retrieve it. I also usually do this because in jeans I sometimes need to remove my seatbelt to get to my wallet, so I say something like "may I take my seat belt off?" That way they have to acknowledge that I originally had the belt on so that I don't get ticketed for it. My sister in law had that happen to her.

Wow, that's really unfortunate! The main reason I don't carry my wallet in my pocket is that it hurts my back to be sitting on it on one side. The only time I have my wallet on me when driving is if I'm wearing cargo's of some sort with a thigh pocket.

Since I've gotten my CHL for carry, I haven't changed anything as far as interacting with LEO's. My common practice anticipating interaction with a LEO is to take out my wallet ahead of time. In my truck, I tend to keep my wallet in a cup holder on my right side, so it's away from my gun anyway, but not always. Last week I had an encounter with local county behind my building at night, I took out my wallet before they exited their vehicles, and gave the first officer my CHL and DL together while saying that I'm the manager of the building. The officer looked at them, I could see his eyes shift between both ID's, he looked at me, handed them back and we continued on with our business. No questions, no concerns, but he knew and I knew, and I just kept my hands in the interview position.

Should he have asked where, I would have told him a .45 at my 6, a .40 on my 3, a .22 in the glove box, and a .308 between the passenger seat and center console, and probably another .40 and a few hundred rounds of combined ammo in the bag behind my seat. I doubt he would have been ambitious enough to try and disarm me after saying that. I would be a bit flustered had somebody come to my place of business for an alarm, and completely stripped me and my truck.

I avoid the whole, "I HAVE A GUN" thing, but then again, it's nothing new to me. Just a change from credentials to a CHL. Stay calm and cool, and that's the way it will go.