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Agreed that you don't have to provide the CHL if not carrying. But if I was just stopped, presumably for some violation, why would I want to purposely aggravate the officer deciding whether to issue a citation?

If you present the CHL and DL immediately, carrying or not, everything remains low key and if the violation wasn't too egregious, there is a very good chance that only a warning will be issued.

If you are not carrying and do not present your CHL and he finds out when he runs your DL, his blood pressure goes up and he is now less friendly as he tries to determine why you didn't inform him. I would say the chances of a citation have gone up.

So stand your ground, guys. Don't hand over the CHL when you aren't required to and let us know how it goes.