You are not required to show it just because you happen to be in the vicinity of a police officer or even interacting with him. Was the guy asked for identification and given an opportunity to present it? Apparently not. And even at the time it was not a crime (the first time).C-dub wrote:Careful there Scott. We are still required to show it. It's just that the penalty for not doing so has been removed. Semantics, right, I know. So, when the officer takes your license back to his car to check on you and he finds that you have a CHL he's going to come back and ask you if you are carrying. If you are and you are unable to or for some unknown reason decline to produce your license guess who's getting a not so free ride?ScottDLS wrote:Not to mention that he was not required to show his CHL, because the officer did not ask him for ID. He just knocked him down.MedicMan218 wrote:He is being charged with "failure to present a chl" to the officer??? Really??? Once he verbalized his possession of a chl he was promptly and forcefully taken down to the groud. When exactly where they eactly expecting him to show proof of licensure when he is being roughed up and donest have free use of his hands?
GC §411.205. REQUIREMENT TO DISPLAY LICENSE, (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.