“In some states, it’s a pretty serious crime not to inform an officer if you are carrying. “
Gotta know the state laws. In AZ, you are NOT required to volunteer the info, but will be in serious trouble if you lie about it. And in AZ, there in no linkage between you driver’s license and CCW permit...which isn’t much of a requirement anymore.
But if I go out of state and carry, I’d read all the details of their laws first.
Oh...and the instructor of the CCW class I took recommended NOT volunteering the info, after he did and got a face full of .40 Glock, finger on the trigger, with the officer shouting, “Don’t move! Hand it over!” He figured he was about 5-6 lbs away from dying...which is also what I think happened to the Spokane pastor who was shot. An angry cop with his finger on a Glock trigger is an accidental shooting waiting to happen...
In Texas, you have to disclose. But Texas cops tend to be like, “yeah, whatever, it’s Texas,” even the thugcops in :deleted:.