First of all, thanks for your input Glock2go. A LEOs opinion is very much appreciated and respected. Even more so for you, because I fear the wrath of BB.I am definitely going to rethink my normal procedure, but as I indicated I pretty much knew I was trading "suspicion" for "safety", which I hope a LEO would appreciate. For my current vehicles I keep insurance handy in the center console or visor and have no need to dig in the glove box. But I do wiggle around to remove my wallet from my pocket and my DL from my wallet.
I am very curious to know under what authority is a CWL holder is compelled to show their license? From a common sense perspective, it seems that if you have a license for something, you might be obligated to display or present it to some authority. But of course common sense and the law are two different things.
This seems similar to having a drivers license, but when pulled over for a traffic stop I know that I am compelled by state statute to present my license. Though I am not obligated to show my license upon demand at all other times. I am not aware of any law that requires me to present my CWL.
I think you may have me confused with GlockCop.
As for the license, you're required to carry it with you at all times you're carrying concealed. The reason for that is to present it to an officer if requested. If you are carrying concealed, have a license and refuse to present it, the officer can cite you for unlawful carry and require you to secure it in accordance with laws governing non-SDA permit transport.
You might get out of the citation, but it would cost you time and effort to do so. The officer would be in the right to cite you because you didn't/couldn't/wouldn't produce evidence to prove you were carrying lawfully.
The law states that "It shall be unlawful for any person to fail or refuse to identify the fact that the person is in actual possession of a concealed handgun pursuant to the authority of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act when the person first comes in contact with any law enforcement officer........"
Just presenting him your Oklahoma CWL does not meet these requirements. That just tells him that you have a license. It does not tell him that you have a concealed weapon in your possession. You must verbally inform him that you have a weapon concealed on your person or in your vehicle.
You are not required to present your license unless asked. He may wish to verify that you do have a license and you are carrying the license.
If you look at the back of your license, it states:
"This license must be carried by licensee at all times a concealed weapon is in your possession."
I have heard of instances where the officer making the stop was handed the DL and the CWL at the same time and crawled the driver because he did not verbally inform the officer of the fact that the driver was carrying.
The officer said he might not have noticed the card behind the DL for a while and he wished to be informed, as the law stipulates.
That's why I said to present the SDA card "on top" of the DL. Obviously if you do not have your SDA/DL ready to hand to the officer when they arrive at your window, you need to verbally notify him before fishing out your wallet.
Where it states "fail or refuse to identify the fact that the person is in actual possession of a concealed handgun pursuant to the authority of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act when the person first comes in contact with any law enforcement officer........", I believe you're ok by presenting the permit as soon as he arrives at your window. If someone hands me an SDA card, my natural assumption is that he's carrying. If I'm not sure, I can ask where it is. If he tells me where, we're good.
All of this can be accomplished in the first 5-10 seconds of contact. No officer would win a case against a permit holder for using the card in this manner to identify that they're carrying. While it's officer preference as to how they want the notification made, they're being unreasonable if they demand it be done in one way only. The SDA law does not stipulate how the notification shall be made.