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I think it is possible that your past experience as a LEO has jaded your faith in your fellow man. Please try to remember only a very few of us are really "Bad Guys" despite the fact that you had to deal with the worste of us day in and day out as a LEO.
Let's also always remember that there are bad police, very rare, but they exist.
What works for the goose works for the gander, obviously when an officer walks up to my car I know he's armed, I don't tell him "Please don't touch your sidearms officer". Why would I say that? To say that implies that I think he may be one of the bad guys. To say that implies that by saying it he isn't going to gun me down and say "He didn't tell me he was a CHL holder, and I saw him reaching for something".
I understand what those who say to make the statement are saying, but it's all one sided, the safety issue, the "p****d off" issue, the wondering if the other guy is a whacko issue. They all can go either way.
If it's going to cause a death because the officer is too nervous, then make it a law.
But that goes to the very heart of gun control too, that since a few do take arms without restraint all must be restrained. The fact that some cops are criminals, or that some CHL holders are criminals must not effect the rights given all law abiding citizens by the Constitution.
The whole issue is about trust, the police don't trust us.
Edit: The rights given by God and enumerated in the Constitution, not the rights given by the Constitution.