re: How to tell a police officer your are armed

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and in a perfect world, don't be black

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Don't tell me what to do, you crazy cali boy

I’d never tell a person to handle it a certain way because I have no idea how some of these dumb arse, power tripping cops will act. And that’s just the sad reality. Departments are losing funding, losing applicants, and losing the threashold of what they’ll hire.

IF I was a cop and a person told me I’d just ask Where it is, ask not to reach for it, and ask if it’s legally owned. After that idgaf unless the guy gives me reason to be paranoid about him

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In Louisiana, if you are a CCW holder you are required as part of your agreement with the State for that license, to inform any officers that are operating in an official capacity, that you are in possession of a firearm when you are detained or arrested. Otherwise you risk forfeiture of your CCW.*

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If you open carry, I assume you're not obligated to inform the officer.

Wait until he is almost to your window. Then roll down the window and say "What do you want me to do with the gun?"

So I guess none of the whites have seen the video of the cop asking the black man at the gas station to show him is ID, then when the black guy reaches into his back pocket to get his wallet, the cop shoots him. Black privileged right?

I hand the officer my license and my carry permit. He/she asks if I have it and where it is. Simple.

I exit my vehicle with my hands in plain sight while the officer is still safely in his vehicle. When he directs me to re-enter my vehicle, I advise that I have a legal firearm with reaching distance of the driver seat and ask how he wishes me to secure the weapon?

I defer to him, but generally do not allow him to seize or take possession of my weapon. Nor do I allow him to enter my vehicle. Usually he will observe me clear the weapon and secure it in a glove box.

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If you open carry, I assume you're not obligated to inform the officer.

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That is correct. Obviously, he will probably see it anyway. Or at least you better hope so, otherwise that means you likely have it adequately concealed to be in violation of illegal carrying of weapons R.S. because if you do have a CCW you have a duty to inform.

IOW, you never are legally required in the State of LA to inform an officer that you possess a weapon unless you have a concealed carry license. So while informing is optional in LA I contend that more harm is potentially done than good if you exercise your option to inform.

One more caveat. Be sure to differentiate in your mind, "possessing" from "concealing". No matter what, no one(well, I think except current/former judges, LEOs and members of State legislature) in LA can conceal a weapon without a CCW. When I speak about informing while possessing, Im talking specifically about open carry or carrying inside vehicles, home, place of business, etc. As far as carrying in backpacks, strollers, etc. being considered "concealed on your person", Im not really sure about that and its been a question Ive wondered for years and have never got an answer for. Im going to just assume they enjoy the confusion surrounding that specific detail as it allows them more discretion, ie. unequal enforcement. Which is unAmerican.

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You don't have to tell cops shite unless you are concealed carrying in Louisiana... Want to know how you get shot? Telling a cop you got a gun under your seat/ in console and he misreads your movement.

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or you don't tell the cop shite and you reach in a glove compartment for registration and he sees a firearm.