While not as good a deal as we would have liked, at least this way if you legitimately forget to show your CHL, all they can do is come back and ask you for it. At that point you must produce it. Before, if you failed ot show it accidentily, they could send a letter to the DPS for review and your CHL would potentially be suspended for a period of 60 days (I think that was the timeframe.)Hoi Polloi wrote:Then what was the point of getting rid of the penalty for not showing it? It's just setting people up for bigger problems if that's true!
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- Wed May 04, 2011 4:34 pm
- Forum: LEO Contacts & Bloopers
- Topic: LEO encounter without proper id/chl?
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- Wed May 04, 2011 4:21 pm
- Forum: LEO Contacts & Bloopers
- Topic: LEO encounter without proper id/chl?
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Re: LEO encounter without proper id/chl?
Not sure what you are getting at it. You still have the requirement to carry it and produce it when asked for ID. If you are carrying and don't show your CHL, and they run your license or name and birth date, see you have a CHL, and come back and ask for it, find out you don't have it on you, THEN they can arrest you for UCW.Hoi Polloi wrote:But how would they be able to verify that if they can't do anything about you not showing it in the first place?puma guy wrote:Keith B,Keith B wrote:If you are carrying on your body and not in your car or home, and do not have your CHL on you, you can be charged with Unlicensed Carry of a Weapon. This will cause you to lose your CHL.dk523 wrote:I know there's no longer any penalty for failing to SHOW your CHL to an officer who asks for ID (when you're carrying). However, what I think this thread is missing is - what is the penalty for failing to HAVE your CHL and/or Driver's License on you? Can you expect to be arrested? What if you're in your car or home, where non-CHL-holders can now legally carry? Can you still expect to be arrested? Can your CHL be suspended? Can any instructors chime in on this?
The Motorist Protection Act covers you in your car with the handgun, and you never needed anything to have it in your home.
As always - Thank you so much for simplifying this.
- Wed May 04, 2011 2:49 pm
- Forum: LEO Contacts & Bloopers
- Topic: LEO encounter without proper id/chl?
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Re: LEO encounter without proper id/chl?
If you are carrying on your body and not in your car or home, and do not have your CHL on you, you can be charged with Unlicensed Carry of a Weapon. This will cause you to lose your CHL.dk523 wrote:I know there's no longer any penalty for failing to SHOW your CHL to an officer who asks for ID (when you're carrying). However, what I think this thread is missing is - what is the penalty for failing to HAVE your CHL and/or Driver's License on you? Can you expect to be arrested? What if you're in your car or home, where non-CHL-holders can now legally carry? Can you still expect to be arrested? Can your CHL be suspended? Can any instructors chime in on this?
The Motorist Protection Act covers you in your car with the handgun, and you never needed anything to have it in your home.