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Ah, Musketeer brings up a good point: CCW means CONCEALED! If I don't see it, it does not exist. Now from prior experience it does not mean that I don't know you have it, but I am a security guard not a cop, and I cannot force you to show it to me. Just 'cuz some ol' duff in a cheap shoulder rig looks like a dude wearing a bra, it does not mean that I have the right to search him. This is covered under Acting as an Agent of the Government, several other laws, and key articles of the Bill of Rights.
Even a cop has to be able to prove that it is not indeed a J. Edgar-style closet cross dresser in a bra, before he can ask to see your CCW, and even then he must have probable cause.
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Police violate the spirit of the Constitution and Bill of Rights daily and it holds up in court with regularity. The key word would be "suspicion".
I don't like it but we have to deal with it until we decide to peacably change the direction of our gov't - local, state and federal.