Actually, as the law was initially passed, there was a clause requiring you to display your CHL whether carrying or not.RPBrown wrote:I have had my CHL since 95 and as I recall, it has always been to present if carrying was the law. It was never a felony but could be grounds for suspension of your CHL.
From SB60:
(g) applied if you weren't carrying. (h) applied if you were.(g) On a demand by a magistrate or a peace officer that a license holder display the license holder's handgun license, the license holder shall display both the license and the license holder's driver's license or identification certificate issued by the department.
(h) 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.
(i) A person commits an offense if the person fails or refuses to display the license and identification as required by Subsection (g) or (h) of this section. An offense under this subsection is a Class B misdemeanor.
I believe it was corrected as early as 1997, possibly 1999.