OK, but when you put the gun in the trunk you are no longer carrying it "under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, regardless of whether the handgun is concealed, on or about the license holder's person" You are really just transporting it.frankie_the_yankee wrote:"Be on the lookout for a red Toyota Camry TX XYZ 999 westbound SH71 near the Del Valle post office. Man reported to be putting a handgun in the trunk of the car."
"10-4. Any backup available?"
Nope. Not me. I'd just play it cool until I got back home.
THEN I would stop carrying until I could either find or get replacement DL and CHL.
What happened to Keith Patton was just slightly different, the gun was close enough for him to reach it, and although unloaded and he apparantly had no ammo for it, that could be "reasonably" considered to be "about" his person.
I have mentioned that one of my hobbies these days is listening to a scanner and most of the "man with a gun" calls I hear these days are closed out at "UTL" (unable to locate) or "GOA" (gone on arrival) and the only one I can recall where they actually caught the guy, it was a man with an airsoft gun chasing Grackels in his own yard, but I never heard the resolution.