When I was taking my Texas CCL class a few years ago, we were stringently taught that that when a policeman pulls you over for any reason......stick both hands out of the window and tell the cop that you are licensed to carry and have a gun in the car.
You will have no trouble after that if you are not guilty of something else.
Done it twice and both times the cop thanked me and told me they wished others would do the same. Of course, I live in Texas too.
Last time I was pulled over I was coming back from “The Range”
Had the following laying on my back seat
(1) 44 Mag
(1) 357 Mag
(1) 10/22
(1) 12 GA Pump
Officer told me that my Veh Inspection had expired, asked for my License, I asked if he needed my Insurance and he said “No, if you are the Registered Owner I have everything on my Computer”
He gave me a fixit ticket then pointed at my backseat and asked “How did you do?”
I reached into the backseat without thinking and grabbed my Targets and we discussed them for another 10 minutes or so, he said it looks like I pulled a couple of the 357 but squeezed the rest, again without thinking I turned and reached in the backseat and picked up the 357 and handed it to him (he wanted to test the trigger) recommended a guy (that turns out we both knew) that could “slick that trigger up”.
He said “Get that Inspection, see you at the Range”
I do believe I lucked out that day
Then the Terrible Boating Accident when I lost all of my beauties to the deep blue.