I've been wondering how much the prevalence of concealed/carry

[shraby]

contributes to the police when they respond to calls.
I'm not by any means condoning what's going on in their reactions, just opening a discussion on the possibility that concealed/carry might tend to make the ordinary cop on the job edgier any they should be.

[dilby]

1. Doubt it.

I was in AZ over the Thanksgiving weekend and while driving to Yuma my father was pulled over by a cop. When the cop came to the window my father handed the officer his license, registration, cc permit and told him that he was carrying a firearm concealed. The cop did not bat an eye, just went back to his squad car and wrote my dad a ticket for speeding.

[Skeeter Barnes]

2. I think most of them support concealed carry. A lot of cops or retired cops teach the permit

classes. Three local Sheriff's deputies taught the permit class I took.

[williesgirl]

3. If they run your plate before exiting their car, they know it.

[Jenoch]

5. Not in all states.

[williesgirl]

6. There I go assuming again! Thanks for setting me straight.

[Jenoch]

8. I don't know about other states,

but the CCW database is not connected to the DMV. If a LEO asks a driver if they are a CCW holder and if they have a weapon in their vehicle, the CCW must answer truthfully. If the LEO does not ask, the driver can choose whether or not to provide that information. I do not have a CCW, but if I did, I would provide the information without being asked.

[williesgirl]

9. It must be connected to DMV in VA. In the 11 yrs I've had CCW,

I've been stopped twice and in both cases the cop knew it when he approached the car. I didn't have a gun with me either time, rarely do.

[Bandit]

4. I don't think nearly as many black folks carry as white folks yet it is the black folks

that get murdered most often by the very people that are supposed to protect them. Look to Clive Bundy and you see how the police won't engage those they know to be armed and ready..

[Hangingon]

7. Never had a problem.

I have had. cHL for 12 years.