Composer, contrary to the ill-informed "advice" posted, a concealed handgun permit will not free you from police harassment. If someone calls in a MWAG because you're carrying openly, at a minimum the cops are probably going to stop you and harass you until you produce a CHP. Even then, it's a
CONCEALED handgun permit, which by its very definition has nothing to do with open carry, and there's no reason to think that a cop will let you go merely because you have a
concealed handgun permit while you are
openly carrying.
Basically, if a cop wants to harass you, you can't really avoid it. Your best bet is to be
polite, and
politely refuse to consent to any unlawful orders with something along the lines of "I do not consent but I will not resist". If you do not consent to an illegal search, then you have recourse afterwards. If you just meekly follow every unlawful order without any protest, then you don't have legal recourse afterwards, because you consented to the illegal search(es)!
Why dont you shut your mouth hole and try READING what the original poster was asking in his post. The difference between my advice and the self taught legal experts which dwell here is that I gave a response based on the concerns of the original poster. I was not attempting to make him the next open carry civil rights test case as some of you seem to be.
No, the difference is that the others are basing their advice on state law and case law, whereas you base your advice solely on your own notions.
I also find it laughable that you seem to think that others who recommend a course of action are "making" the OP into a civil rights test case. If I were the OP, I'd be
extremely insulted at your assumption of my blind obedience to
anyone's advice...
Frankly, the fact that this forum lets folks like you spew broad claims without a shred of a citation to back it up, with
ad hom attacks left and right, is troubling.