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<blockquote data-quote="henschman" data-source="post: 2133420" data-attributes="member: 4235"><p>There is some incorrect legal advice in this thread at needs to be corrected:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Actually no, there is no law requiring you to tell anyone where the gun is. However, to state the obvious, when you are pulled over, usually it is because you were caught doing something you could get a ticket for. Refusing to say where the gun is does not help your chances of getting a warning instead of a ticket! Also, the cop may try to come up with some sort of justification for a search. Even if it is of dubious legality, you have to file a 1983 suit to challenge it. Anyway, a refusal of this sort could complicate your traffic stop, so I wouldn't normally recommend it... Unless you don't care if you get a ticket, get held up on the side of the road, or get hassled by the cop. </p><p></p><p>As for whether handing a cop your CCL counts as notification, there are no OK cases out there that I know of that deal with the issue. It is typically treated as "good enough" by the cops. It probably wouldn't be an issue unless the cop sees you as being a jerk and is just trying to come up with something to pin on you (like might happen if you refuse to tell him where the gun is for instance!), but with the wording of the statute, if you want to be absolutely, unassailably sure you are in compliance, you should notify the cop verbally. Mas Ayoob gives some great advice, and he usually gives the disclaimer that your state's law may vary. That may apply in this instance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="henschman, post: 2133420, member: 4235"] There is some incorrect legal advice in this thread at needs to be corrected: Actually no, there is no law requiring you to tell anyone where the gun is. However, to state the obvious, when you are pulled over, usually it is because you were caught doing something you could get a ticket for. Refusing to say where the gun is does not help your chances of getting a warning instead of a ticket! Also, the cop may try to come up with some sort of justification for a search. Even if it is of dubious legality, you have to file a 1983 suit to challenge it. Anyway, a refusal of this sort could complicate your traffic stop, so I wouldn't normally recommend it... Unless you don't care if you get a ticket, get held up on the side of the road, or get hassled by the cop. As for whether handing a cop your CCL counts as notification, there are no OK cases out there that I know of that deal with the issue. It is typically treated as "good enough" by the cops. It probably wouldn't be an issue unless the cop sees you as being a jerk and is just trying to come up with something to pin on you (like might happen if you refuse to tell him where the gun is for instance!), but with the wording of the statute, if you want to be absolutely, unassailably sure you are in compliance, you should notify the cop verbally. Mas Ayoob gives some great advice, and he usually gives the disclaimer that your state's law may vary. That may apply in this instance. [/QUOTE]
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