There's always gotta be a line somewhere. We may not always like or agree with where that line is drawn, but it's still there until it can be moved.Winston wrote: ↑Fri Sep 14, 2018 8:29 am The way I interpreted the law was that it was legal for me to carry it on my person concealed and without a licence only if:
You're at home or on your property. Leaving your home and going directly into your vehicle. Inside your vehicle. Leaving your vehicle to go directly into your business or property under your control. Leaving your business or property you control to go directly to your vehicle. And finally leaving your vehicle to go back into your home or property. Other than that it's illegal to carry your gun on you. What confused me was why it's illegal to pump gas with a gun on your person? You're still at your vehicle and not going inside anywhere. Your only exiting your vehicle to pump gas and getting directly back in your vehicle to leave. So in many ways this doesn't make sense. Which is why I thought it was still legal to have it on my person. I wasn't going into the gas station with it and I wasn't going anywhere else with it. Basically I stood right next to my vehicle the whole time and my vehicle is my property. Then I got back in my vehicle and left. And since open carry was legalized I also thought you didn't have to conceal your gun anymore when driving. I thought open carrying a pistol would be legal but now I see that only applies to licensed carriers. These laws are confusing and need to be written with more details.
The difference between inside and outside of a vehicle may only be a couple of feet, but there is a big distinction legally. Most laws are fairly plainly written, but then people muddle them all up trying to push the definitions. That last part isn't directed at you, but rather people in general. Most laws tell us what we can't do and not what we can and there lies the problem. They can't list everything so they end up with generalities and simple language and let the courts wade through the minutia when problems arise with interpretations and disagreements of the language.
Some times its a mess, but that's also generally why us LTCs are more law abiding than even LEOs. We don't like to push things to the limits and prefer to stay out of trouble and fly under the radar. In my own opinion, that's also why must of us that have been carrying concealed for so long tend to resist OC. It seems like the newer one is to carrying the more likely they are to OC.
