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Why turn an ordinary stop into a 'high stress' stop for the officer if your not required to declare as is the case here in CT.
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I don't find stops where someone mentions they have a gun to raise the stress level on the stop at all. Ordinarily it's either "good for you" or "mind if I hold onto that for a couple minutes?" and that's it. If it were to evolve into something more (DUI/warrant/whatever) and I then found them in possession of a gun, *that* might increase my stress level -- but admittedly, that's coming from the perspective of operating in a state where declaring is legally required. An absence of declaration might just be an innocent oversight or ignorance of the law (I've talked to a number of people who are legitimately unsure of the requirement), but it might also reflect an intent to, say, shoot me during the stop . . .