There have been a few times I have been pulled over and "lied" that "no I don't have a gun"
What if after you said that, few seconds later the officer changed his mind and said, I need you to step out so I can do a search. Now you lied and interfered with his job, now you have a bigger problem. I always tell them the truth, I don't see how that interferes with their safety. Im a good guy and if I get pulled over, it's always for speeding. I don't do anything else that would cause a police officer to pull me over for. I always make sure my lights and every thing works on my car, I don't have things obstructing my view, don't have 500 lbs of boom boom in my trunk. Like I said, Im a good guy with slight hunger for speed. Every time I get stopped by OHP, they always make me get out and go to their car, for safety purposes I guess. I don' think it would be wise to lie at this point. Just how I do things, never had an officer act any different because of it. I trained and acquired my license, Im allowed to carry, why would he care. I think lying to him does put his safety in jeopardy and that is the last thing I want to do to an officer. He has enough crap to deal with, I will not add to it. I sign the ticket and tell them to have a good day. I have a lot of respect for officers and what they do.