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<blockquote data-quote="Fatboy Joe" data-source="post: 1612520" data-attributes="member: 13212">It is not &quot;cherry picking.&quot;&nbsp; When the law is not clear, there is room for discussion.&nbsp; I believe the arguement could be made that walking a child to the door of a school isin&#039;t leaving the vehicle unattended.&nbsp; That is like saying that your child who is playing on the playground 25 feet from you is unattended, even though you are there and watching them.&nbsp;&nbsp; The problem is there is no real court cases to define the law.To go back to the original poster, it is good that you are trying to be a legal gun owner/carrier.&nbsp; However, I can&#039;t forsee any circumstance that would cause any detection of you leaving the firearm in your car while you drop your kid off unless you don&#039;t take the proper safeguards to secure you firearm.Edit:&nbsp; Look up unattended in the dictionary.&nbsp; It doesn&#039;t exist according to Merriam-Webster.&nbsp; A lawyer would have a field day with this also.Here is another definition from Houghton:un·at·tend·ed (n-tndd)adj.1. Not being attended to, looked after, or watched: an unattended fire.2. Having no attendants: unattended gasoline pumps.3. Not being paid attention to or listened to: an unattended question.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fatboy Joe, post: 1612520, member: 13212"] It is not "cherry picking." When the law is not clear, there is room for discussion. I believe the arguement could be made that walking a child to the door of a school isin't leaving the vehicle unattended. That is like saying that your child who is playing on the playground 25 feet from you is unattended, even though you are there and watching them. The problem is there is no real court cases to define the law. To go back to the original poster, it is good that you are trying to be a legal gun owner/carrier. However, I can't forsee any circumstance that would cause any detection of you leaving the firearm in your car while you drop your kid off unless you don't take the proper safeguards to secure you firearm. Edit: Look up unattended in the dictionary. It doesn't exist according to Merriam-Webster. A lawyer would have a field day with this also. Here is another definition from Houghton: un·at·tend·ed (n-tndd) adj. 1. Not being attended to, looked after, or watched: an unattended fire. 2. Having no attendants: unattended gasoline pumps. 3. Not being paid attention to or listened to: an unattended question. [/QUOTE]

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