We have MPA for a few years already. So if an officer stops two people with handguns in their car, one with a CHL and one using MPA, how exactly does it hurt the officer if the one with the CHL doesn't show it. The guy using MPA has no gun license to show. Add a third category for felons or gang members who aren't covered by MPA, but don't have to tell cops about the gun because that would violate their 5th amendment rights, and there's even less reason for the requirement to show a CHL, even a penalty free requirement.Madbull wrote:This will likely sound like a rant, but it's not meant to be, promise.steveincowtown wrote:...Yet another reason we should NOT have to display a CHL during a traffic stop. A real cop will figure out you have a CHL anyhow.
I'm not sure the "what if someone impersonanting a PO stops me" is a good arguement for not needing to show your CHL permit, imo. Granted, I've got two frames of thought on this. The first as a private citizen and keeping my business my own. The second is that of a career long dispatcher. And the second thought trumps my first, heh.
A PO will not know that you are a CHL holder just by conducting a traffic stop on you (one of the most dangerous things for them to do other than domestic disturbances), since it's not linked to your plate. A PO will not know you are a CHL holder when he runs you if TCIC is down, (as it frequently is for maint, albeit in short intervals only most times. A PO will not know If you are an out-of-state CHL holder with a state that has a reciprocity with Texas, because CHLs are not listed in NCIC, only their local state database.
That's a lot of 'will not know' for a cop standing on the side of the road at 3am.
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