If you’re licensed, they know you MIGHT have A gun. They
certainly don’t know how many, or where they are. Meanwhile, if you are involved in saving someone’s life by using a firearm, you’d better have a permit.
I used to be of the mind set that even though I carried in my vehicle; I did not want a license because “they” would know about me.
Then I started thinking about my online transactions with several gun websites. And my credit card transactions at gun stores. They already know I own weapons.
Then I came close to needing to use my firearm and I realized afterwards that had I been forced to use it, I would have been at the mercy of the court.
The wife and I now have permits.
But, right after that, I lost all of my weapons in a tragic boating accident.