TexasCHLforum.com

hankintexas wrote:

aerod1 wrote:It really doesn't bother me to show my CHL to the police. It usually puts them at ease because they realize they are dealing with a decent person who should not be a threat to them.
It has actually gotten some people off without a citation.

It actually helped me this morning. No ticket and no official warning.

I've been stopped three times in the dozen years I've had my CHL, each time the officer took a cursory look at the CHL and immediately handed it back, each time I was issued verbal warnings. I think I can attribute that to courtesy and cooperation on my part (as well as innocuous offenses) more than having a CHL, but it couldn't hurt having one.

By no means do I expect or deserve any extra measure of discretion just because I have a CHL, but I do think some LEO cut us some slack. I love those guys! (figuratively)


BTW, please thank your family for the proud and selfless service they have given all of us and this country!

Elvis wrote:Flint how do you propose we should treat someone with a gun. Run back to the car and leave? Stand there and hope for the best? Beg that they don't hurt us? I am quite capable of handling my safety and I understand the challenges of my job, I have been in a shooting and I have taken another persons life. I don't want to do that again but I will not allow anyone's arrogance about my safety to prevent me from going home at the end of my shift. Your statement is lost on me.

Yes Sir, I was afraid of that.

Elvis wrote:

the number say the officer is much more likely to be shot at by a non CHL[/quote]

No the numbers say the Officer is much more likely to be shot by a gun. After the fact the investigation will find out if the person had a CHL or not. The Point Is, everyone we come into contact with that is armed should be treated as a threat to our safety until the Officer is satisfied that you are not a threat.[/quote]




What a shame.

Perhaps a change of job would be best Sir.

Respectfully,

Flint.