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<blockquote data-quote="henschman" data-source="post: 2046540" data-attributes="member: 4235"><p>Keep in mind, 1289.7 is a non-exclusive list.&nbsp; It is just an affirmative defense statute, meaning it gives you some ways that are affirmatively legal to transport.&nbsp; It doesn&#039;t say that any other way is illegal.&nbsp; Any other way of transporting an unloaded gun is also legal as long as it doesn&#039;t involve concealing the firearm on or about your person.&nbsp; The rub is with what constitutes &quot;about the person.&quot;&nbsp; It isn&#039;t sufficiently interpreted by courts to give a clear answer.&nbsp; I would say if it is concealed and is anywhere in the car you could easily reach from where you are sitting, other than one of the affirmatively legal places, it will likely be interpreted as violating the concealed weapon statute.&nbsp; The safest way is just to stick with 1289.7.&nbsp; But if you had an unloaded pistol concealed in a cardboard box in the back of an SUV for instance, with you sitting in the driver&#039;s seat, I don&#039;t think you would run into any problems either.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="henschman, post: 2046540, member: 4235"] Keep in mind, 1289.7 is a non-exclusive list. It is just an affirmative defense statute, meaning it gives you some ways that are affirmatively legal to transport. It doesn't say that any other way is illegal. Any other way of transporting an unloaded gun is also legal as long as it doesn't involve concealing the firearm on or about your person. The rub is with what constitutes "about the person." It isn't sufficiently interpreted by courts to give a clear answer. I would say if it is concealed and is anywhere in the car you could easily reach from where you are sitting, other than one of the affirmatively legal places, it will likely be interpreted as violating the concealed weapon statute. The safest way is just to stick with 1289.7. But if you had an unloaded pistol concealed in a cardboard box in the back of an SUV for instance, with you sitting in the driver's seat, I don't think you would run into any problems either. [/QUOTE]

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