I agree with the concept of never volunteering info to the police. It is simple common sense. But if you get pulled over in TX and the officer asks if you have a weapon in your car, I would not lie or deny, becuase it is very probable the you will be sent on your way as a free man after the incident by being honest. If you lie and they find it, you are in trouble. But really, when was the last time you were asked to step out of your vehicle?
And when did cops evr ask if you had a weapon? For me: never.
Several years ago in Texas when I was rear-ended, I showed the officer my drivers license and when I pulled out my CHL and before I could say, as required by law, that I was not carrying he said, “I don’t care about that.”
I guess that he thought that I hadn’t already done something stupid I wasn’t likely to start then.