Rosenthal is Incorrect: You only have to display your CHL when you are asked for ID and you are carrying. If you are carrying and are not asked for ID (e.g. passengers in a vehicle), you don't have to present the CHL or otherwise inform the officer.Paladin wrote:This is one statement he's (Rosenthal) made:
Let me use an easy illustration. Let’s say an officer stops a car for running a stop sign and while issuing the ticket sees the butt of a handgun under the driver’s seat. If the driver (actually includes any occupant of the car) has a concealed handgun license, he is supposed to tell the officer that he has a gun and show the officer his license.
§ 411.205. DISPLAYING LICENSE; PENALTY. (a) If a
license holder is carrying a handgun on or about the license
holder's person when a magistrate or a peace officer demands that
the license holder display identification, the license holder shall
display both the license holder's driver's license or
identification certificate issued by the department and the license
holder's handgun license. A person who fails or refuses to display
the license and identification as required by this subsection is
subject to suspension of the person's license as provided by
Section 411.187.
I would as a courtesy, but I don't think it is required.
Gary