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Based on conversations I've had with a few of my LEO friends, I would have done just as Mike suggested initially, and for those reasons specifically.
IMO: It may be a casual contact for the driver, but an official contact for the LEO. I would much rather have the officer know as soon as we were engaged in conversation that I was legally armed instead of him getting an adrenaline jolt when I move the wrong way and he sees something that gives him pause.
I've been
by CCWI before, so at least he won't get a "cherry".
