Per my point I was trying to make, it seems some people look at each police person as someone that is always going to give them a hard time. They have a chip on their shoulder with EVERY LEO encounter.
I have seen people post that seem to SEEK a conflict
There is no need.
None of that has a single thing to do with showing my CPL and telling them about my gun or not. For example, my last traffic stop:
Cruising in my convertible, top down, back road, cruise set at 52. Passed the sign dropping the speed limit to 40 before a curve right before a country store where Mr. Deputy likes to clock people coming around the curve. Since I forgot about the speed limit change, as soon as I saw Mr. Deputy at the grocery store I knew he had me.
As I went past him, I saw him u-turning. There's a private road a couple hundred yards past the store, so I turned on my hazard flashers and pulled onto the private road, off the main and busy road, stopped and waited. He didn't even turn on his lights until he was almost stopped behind me.
Had my driver's license in hand, folder with insurance and registration in my lap. He comes up to my door and we exchange hellos. I said, "I had the cruise control set and forgot to reset it at the speed limit sign." I gave him my driver's license, insurance, and registration. He said, "I'll check these out and you can be on your way."
Came back, handed me my paperwork, he said, "Just don't forget about the speed limit change again." We said polite goodbyes, and that was it. Not a word about my gun or my CPL by either one of us, no chip on the shoulder, no attitude.
I don't know if the officer that has me stopped is going to get a bee up his rear about a gun or not - and there is absolutely no reason for me to be the one to "ask him" by telling him about my gun when I am not required to, when it has absolutely no relevance to the reason he has detained me, and when it won't do a single thing to make him any safer or go home at the end of his shift.
It is possible to be completely courteous and professional without disclosing the gun or the permit.