Spouse's CCW License/Permit and License Plates

[.308 Norma]

I hope this doesn’t evolve into an argument – there are certainly enough arguments already on these Internet forums about whether or not to inform the LEO you’re carrying during a routine traffic stop.
Nevertheless, my question is this; If your CCW License/Permit is somehow linked to your vehicle’s license plate number, how does the LEO know whether it’s you, OR your spouse that is the CCW holder?
I’d bet dollars to donuts that in the US, most vehicles belonging to married couples are registered in both their names. Furthermore, I suspect that in most cases, if there’s a CCW License/Permit at all, only one partner of the married couple holds one.
In Idaho (where we live) permit-less carry is legal now in most places. But I’m just not sure that in Idaho our concealed weapons licenses have ever been linked to our motor vehicle registrations. Maybe they have, but back in 2001, I was issued a traffic citation (which was dismissed) by an overzealous young officer, and he didn’t ask a thing about CCWs even though it was at night, and I’d pulled into a dark alley to get out of traffic when I saw the blue lights come on behind me. Was the reason the young officer didn’t ask about CCWs possibly because my wife (yes - my wife) who wasn’t along at the time, was the one of us with a Concealed Weapons License? Or was it maybe because my wife’s name is the second name on our motor vehicle registrations, therefore her CCW License isn’t linked to our vehicles’ license plates?

 

[SHOOT1SAM]

.308 Norma,

I'm in Idaho as well and our CCW Permits are linked to our Driver's Licenses - not to our license plates.

Sam

P.S,
I had a many years-long love affair with your big sister, my .358 Norma!!

 

[.308 Norma]

Thanks Sam. I didn't know that.

Yeah, my .308 Norma was my retirement gift to myself, but my "love affair" with the .308 Norma started when I was 16 years old. I had a girlfriend up in Rexburg then, and her dad had a custom .308 Norma. That was in the early '60s, when the magnum craze was in full swing. I loved that rifle. And when the girlfriend broke up with me, I was heartbroken because I knew I'd never get to hold and fondle that rifle again.
So, with the full approval and understanding of my beautiful wife of 45 years, my first two Social Security checks went to pay for my custom, Montana Rifle Company .308 Norma Magnum. It's beautiful too, superbly accurate, flat shooting, hits hard, and doesn't even beat up this old man's shoulder.

 

[SHOOT1SAM]

Congratulations on your 45+ years and on your retirement gift to yourself!

I was advised by my eye Dr. to shoot softer recoiling rifles...a relative term, I know-never thought Norma kicked hard at all. It was very hard to sell her; it was the most accurate rifle I've ever owned, but I came to the realization that while I couldn't enjoy her company any longer...no one else could either if I kept her locked away in the safe.

 

[Tirod]

In MO our CCW is no longer tied to our Driver's license, and we are not obligated to inform at a traffic stop.

I think the point was to cut down on people using them as a Get Out of Ticket permit.

 

[AlexanderA]

In Virginia, the police data base links concealed-carry permits to car license tags. So if an officer pulls you over, he knows immediately whether you (or a co-owner of the car) are licensed to carry. In some circumstances, this could result in a rather sticky situation.

This is one of the main reasons why I haven't applied for a carry permit. (Open carry is legal in Virginia without a permit.)

Virginia requires registration of machine guns with the State Police. Oddly enough, machine gun registrations are not tied to vehicle license plates.

 

[Warp]

In Virginia, the police data base links concealed-carry permits to car license tags. So if an officer pulls you over, he knows immediately whether you (or a co-owner of the car) are licensed to carry. In some circumstances, this could result in a rather sticky situation.

This is one of the main reasons why I haven't applied for a carry permit. (Open carry is legal in Virginia without a permit.)

Virginia requires registration of machine guns with the State Police. Oddly enough, machine gun registrations are not tied to vehicle license plates.

That doesn't seem odd to me. I mean, is it legal to carry a loaded machine gun in your car without a carry license? If so, then maybe it would seem odd.

Why do you worry about a 'sticky situation'?

 

[Om]

Nevertheless, my question is this; If your CCW License/Permit is somehow linked to your vehicle’s license plate number, how does the LEO know whether it’s you, OR your spouse that is the CCW holder?

They don't, until they pull you over.

 

[.308 Norma]

They don't, until they pull you over.

Huh?