Common sense sometimes ain't so common.
There's certainly no harm in telling Johnny Law that you have your (insert weapon of choice here) on your hip before you take your hand past that hip to reach for your wallet, is there? No argument and no doubt there' s some Barney Fifes, but he/she's out there doing his/her job,trying to keep the rest of us knuckleheads safe, the least you can do as a legal carrier if you're stopped and have to reach for anything remotely near your wepon is tell them you have it, and the paperwork for it. If you make afurtive movement for your weapon and he/she plugs you, the court is certainly going to back him/her.