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KBCraig wrote:There's no obligation to carry the plastic unless you're carrying a gun.

While most of us keep our wallets configured the same all the time, some folks --particularly the ladyfolk-- do vary things from day to day.

For that matter, there's no obligation to carry a DL unless you're driving.

I understand all of that but my original point was that once stopped for whatever motor vehicle infraction, and your DL is presented, the LEO is, in almost every case, going to find out that you are a CHL holder. At that point he is probably going to assume that you are armed and will probably bring it up when he returns to your vehicle.

Therefore, why not go ahead and, at the very onset, present your CHL and inform the LEO that you are, at that moment, weaponless thereby eliminating the possability of any confusion?

Or one can invoke the puerile mantra “I don’t have to and you can’t make me�.

My analogy about Mr. Anygun's grammer WAS relative to the original post and was NOT simply a correction of his grammatical error.

Apparently my point about being confrontational rather than "polite" was well made.

anygunanywhere wrote:Irregardless of what

The point is:

I can “politely� ignore the fact that your grasp of the proper use of the English language is flawed at best, or

I can adhere to the canons of education and admonish your use of a word that does not exist.

If you wish to select the “non-polite� alternative, that is your prerogative however, be prepared for the confrontation if you do so.

This scenario is analogous to the original premise of “politely� informing the officer that you are a CHL holder.

Longtooths wrote:Because he does not legally have to??? (just a guess)

It’s called “courtesy�. Why make a stressful situation any more so simply because “you legally can�. That is, at best, an immature philosophy.

wrinkles wrote:I was also told and have read that if I don't have a gun with me I don't have to let the office know that I have a CHL.

Why would you NOT show your CHL along with your DL even if you are not armed?

As you can see, the LEO is going to find out that you have one anyway therefore, go ahead and extend him/her the courtesy of letting them know up front.