Quote Originally Posted by DeusExMachina View Post

I've been reading Massad Ayoob's book on CCW and he recommends handing over your CCW permit with your license and letting the officer handle it from there. He says immediately coming out with, "I am carrying" can alarm the officer, and saying, "I have a gun" is obviously way worse. What do you think about this?
That's what I learned in my course, but I haven't been pulled over since then, so I haven't had to do that. Curious on a LEOs take on that as well