SilentHitz
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Fine in Mississippi too, we have Castle Doctrine, that includes your vehicle.
Also have open carry.
Also have open carry.
Handgun in plain sight while driving?
- Thread starter Sixer
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YOU GUYS ARE SO LUCKY. In CT, if the Subway girl was concerned and got your cars plate number, you violated the concealed carry permit. What's worse, if your jacket blew open from the wind you can lose your permit.....
But CT sucks in this respect: When you look it up in the lawbooks, the "law is silent" on this part of it, and the only thing that addresses it is the Dept. of Safety that says it can't be seen (and that's just a f-ing guideline). After consulting pretty much everyone, around here, it would depend on the police officer who responded to the "dickhead with a gun sticking out" call. If he's in a bad mood, you'll never see a permit again. I rarely carry because of this (especially in the summer), even though I have a permit to carry.
But CT sucks in this respect: When you look it up in the lawbooks, the "law is silent" on this part of it, and the only thing that addresses it is the Dept. of Safety that says it can't be seen (and that's just a f-ing guideline). After consulting pretty much everyone, around here, it would depend on the police officer who responded to the "dickhead with a gun sticking out" call. If he's in a bad mood, you'll never see a permit again. I rarely carry because of this (especially in the summer), even though I have a permit to carry.
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orionengnr
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Sixer, I hope you didn't think I was putting you down with my short response
Realizing you don't know something (a certain state's law) can be a good thing and start one on the road to enlightenment. I posted that short response just because I didn't see any reason for another, "well, in my state of....."
I don't have a clue as to the car carry laws in Missouri. It seems like somebody here would though.
I once posted a question about my (S.C.) state's carry laws on a specific S.C. gun owners sight and got three folks telling me to go read the gun laws and quit asking stupid questions. Unfortunately for my state, and I suspect most others are the same, trying to read the laws and then interpret them requires at least 6 years of college and then you are still kind of lost.
Realizing you don't know something (a certain state's law) can be a good thing and start one on the road to enlightenment. I posted that short response just because I didn't see any reason for another, "well, in my state of....."
I don't have a clue as to the car carry laws in Missouri. It seems like somebody here would though.
I once posted a question about my (S.C.) state's carry laws on a specific S.C. gun owners sight and got three folks telling me to go read the gun laws and quit asking stupid questions. Unfortunately for my state, and I suspect most others are the same, trying to read the laws and then interpret them requires at least 6 years of college and then you are still kind of lost.
Shadi Khalil
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In VA, a gun in plain view is no problem. What is a problem is out lack of drive thru subways.
4InchSmith said:> Perfectly legal in Michigan provided that you have a CPL (I do) because a gun is considered concealed when it is in a vehicle. Other than unloaded, in a case, separate from the ammunition if you don't have one.
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Actually, there is NO requirement that the ammo be separated, just unload the gun. Loaded magazine can be in the case with the gun along with extra ammo.
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Actually, there is NO requirement that the ammo be separated, just unload the gun. Loaded magazine can be in the case with the gun along with extra ammo.
troy_mclure
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this changed a year or so ago, when i visited i would always put my xd up on my dash as i was coming across the bridge.
A Navy chaplain with whom I worked was from a southern state where exposed carry in a vehicle was legal, even customary.
He drove into a state where it wasn't, with his .357 in full view. He got pulled over for speeding or something routine. Ten years later he was still getting the felony conviction expunged from his service record via a pardon process.
Never, ever have an exposed sidearm if you are CCW legal, for both tactical and legal reasons. It's a bad practice all around.
He drove into a state where it wasn't, with his .357 in full view. He got pulled over for speeding or something routine. Ten years later he was still getting the felony conviction expunged from his service record via a pardon process.
Never, ever have an exposed sidearm if you are CCW legal, for both tactical and legal reasons. It's a bad practice all around.
S&W-Keeper
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If you have a firearm visible in my state,you will most likely go to jail. It is glove box,consol, or truck only.That is unless you have a CC permit, then you have to have it concealed.
Straightshooter629
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That is not true. If you have a CHL, the weapon either must be in a holster, on your person or in container with a positive means of closure ( zippered bag or a case with a positive latching device or similar container ). If you do not have a CHL, the weapon and ammo must be stored in seperate locations, and the weapon can not be loaded. You can't even have a loaded magazine if you don't have a CHL.
imthegrumpyone
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Sixer, who you trying kid, you know you were flaunting your gun. 
troy_mclure
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+1