Why did he just ask for my license and not a CPL or ins & reg for my bike?
If he really wanted to screw with me? If I happened to not have my CPL on my person he could have got me or he could have ran the guns numbers? What did he do with my license? He ran my plate already that's how he knew I was a CPL holder correct? Wouldn't that have shown a warrant or anything else? So why and what did he do when he walked back to his car with my DL?
Perhaps...because I wasn't there and have no facts to go on other than just one side of the story.... it is possible the officer was trying to do a little "social engineering" by trying to intimidate you into not OC'ing... there wasn't any need to mess with you about the ordinary things like your bike's license/insurance since he obviously wasn't interested in those things. And to have the stop include the bike and stray from the emphasis on the OC would detract from the message that OC is frowned upon.
And sometimes an officer will allow the "person of interest" to sit and stew while the officer sits in the car because that is a tactic used to see if the "person of interest" will panic and do something stupid, or say something stupid, that they can be arrested for.
I believe, and some of my personal experiences support, what Dr.Todd said below:
I think some cops don't want people to carry. If they can rattle you so that you decide to either not carry or cc, then he would feel better. Sort of the whole "community policing" philosophy in action.
BTW, I would be concerned if you weren't nervous. You did well! Carry on.
On the other hand... I wasn't there so maybe you just ran into an officer who doesn't know squat about firearm carry laws. I suppose that is possible... unlikely... but possible.
As time goes by and experience is gained those incidents/encounters whether with LE or an aggressive citizen are more easily handled because the more you OC the more you tend to become confident in your knowledge of the law.... and more importantly... more confident that not only are you in the right regardless of what kind of BS smoke they try to blow up your butt and you know how to present your case... but you also know when to shut up because your talking more won't help at all.
As the song sung by Kenny Rogers goes:
"You gotta know when to hold 'em.... Know when to fold 'em.... Know when to walk away..... Know when to run".
But know this.... that "pucker" I mentioned? That will still happen.
