“The cop doesn’t know anything but the fact that you could be reaching for a gun to blow him away.”
Correct.
Confronted with a gun this is what happens. First off, everything slows down, almost like super slow motion. You become so fixated on the gun and how you may survive that your brain begins to process to the exclusion of anything else. Anyone who has been in an auto accident where they see it coming has experienced the same thing.
If he was reaching for a gun, regardless of whether the officer acknowledged he had a CCW or not, after telling him to not go there, I guarantee everything went into super slomo for the copper. He probably heard nothing, nothing was allowed to permeate beyond exactly what was going on with the guys hand, where it was going to the gun and his rote response took over: pull, point shoot and fire.
My advice, if you have a CCW leave your hands on the steering wheel, make sure the officer acknowledges what you are saying and respond to his directions, period. Don’t assume anything. If you have a question about what he wants you to do, ask.
OK you volunteer that you have a CCW when pulled over by a cop.
You don't say that, then REACH for your gun.
"Here, let me show you!"
In fact, anyone with an ounce of common sense wouldn't reach for *anything* until asked to.
Good advice,,,
Just the word GUN,
Puts LEO in CODE RED.
Exactly! Ask repeatedly if you have any doubts that you and the cop are on the same page. Repeat his instructions as you carry them out. Do it slowly and precisely just as you were instructed to.
All the cop wants initially is to feel the certainty that you're not a threat and don't have the means to be a threat. Once he has that certainty things will relax a lot.