Carrying firearms in a truck

No, you are covered if the firearm is in a locked container...

"Provided, That in the case of a vehicle without a compartment separate from the driver's compartment the firearm or ammunition shall be contained in a locked container other than the glove compartment or console"

That also helps with vehicles like SUVs, extended cab/crew cab pickups, etc.

I don't know how secure exterior storage compartments are (I'm guessing not very), and I'd rather not leave chance that an exterior compartment could come open and my pistol go bouncing down the highway at an inopportune moment...

 

separate from the driver's compartment

 

http://www.handgunlaw.us/
click on your state then check out the results

 

Yes, all of us that have carry permits are aware of that...

 

click on your state all the red states you are not allowed to carry in no matter what you are driving

 

You are not allowed to carry on your body in the red states.

You are allowed, however, to keep a pistol in the cab. Whether or not it has to be locked up is a different story (usually locked up in the more restrictive states). Regardless, at least you have a pistol with you, and once you get back to friendly territory, you can reholster...

 

No, the states in red are just the states that I can't carry concealed. The states in blue, I can carry concealed. The only states I can't take a gun in are WI and Il.

 

:smt067:smt072you guys are difficult

 

We don't mean to be.. It's just some of us have had carry permits for a number of years and know what we can do.

The only thing that caught my attention was that you said we couldn't carry in a cmv. I had never heard that before. That's why I wanted more information on that point.

 

In 1997, I asked about transporting (in my private vehicle), some of my shotguns to and from Texas and Louisiana for the purpose of participating in sporting clays events.
Having transferred from Lousy-ana, to Victoria, TX; I stopped by the Victoria Dept. of Public Safety to find what I needed to do to be in compliance. The trooper ran off a copy of a book page, and gave it to me; it was almost identical to the above mentioned section 926A.

After explaining the reason for transporting the guns, another officer commented that "many people transport weapons to and from shooting events, and he had no knowledge of anyone getting in trouble simply for not being 100% in compliance while doing so. Some other infraction, such as carrying drugs, AND weapons, well, that's another story".

I also mentioned that I carried a LOADED handgun in my p/u for protection when traveling, and while he did not show me any law, he basically repeated what I had already been told about legally transporting a loaded handgun in TX. I made a point of asking if I needed to unload my handgun, and store it for transporting in the same manner as my shotguns. He chuckled, and commented that it wouldn't be very useful protection if I did so.

Yes, we were just discussing traveling, and transporting between just two states in a PRIVATE vehicle, but there were a couple of similarities.

While the above mentioned section 926A is pretty clear, I'm sure that I'm not the only one who has had an LEO comment that he is sure that a lot of truckers carry, and if he were a driver, he would #### sure be carrying.

Sometimes, common sense needs to be applied in some situations, and surprisingly, there are a lot of people who cannot, or will not do so. Strange world we live in.........