What happened to showing some restraint.

[southern151]

Originally Posted by AceArcher

Very scary,

What's the accepted best way to inform an officer that you open carry when your involved in a traffic stop etc?

If in a traffic stop, you really aren't open carrying in LA. Your vehicle is an extension of your home. I've been stopped twice with my pistol in my truck. Both times, I just slid it up onto the dash before they ever even got out of the car, away from my reach. Both times they saw it and, I told em it was, of course, loaded. In those two instances, I never had any other trouble or questions about it but, I was asked to step out of my vehicle, which I understand their logic on that.