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As you say you have your CHL, and if you truly were carrying a gun at that time, if you stated to someone, in an altercation, "I have a gun", to me that is the same as drawing the weapon.
In the eyes of the law, I don't know.

If you stated that you have a gun, to me you are saying that in order to intimidate the other party, or try to get the other party to back down.
If he/she had not gone to the point where it were legal to pull the weapon, its probably not legal to state you have one.

Stating that may also push the other party to go closer or get pushier, and try to get you to "prove it"
Then you have just raised the issue to the level to pull the gun, which is wrong.
Also, the element of surprise is a good thing. if you tell someone you do, you have just given away your edge, in case they press to the point where you need to defend yourself with your weapon. Now they would be expecting it.