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Good call on keeping the gun with you, then. Didn't know the part about the kids playing in the car. A small nano-vault or lock box is a great idea if you're going to be someplace remote without your own vehicle where you might be asked to disarm.

No need to show CHL without a request for ID from an officer. That's probably all that needs to be said there.

As to the car, I wouldn't feel great about leaving a firearm unsecured in a vehicle either; however, a theft is a theft. If you leave your weapon concealed in your vehicle, and it gets stolen, that's a theft. You would not be held accountable for what was done with it after that. I had some firearms stolen from my house a number of years ago. They weren't locked in a safe as I didn't have one at the time. Does that mean I'm accountable for some idiot shooting somebody with them later on? Not a chance. If you take reasonable precautions and have your firearm in your vehicle, it being locked in a glove box or just placed under the seat doesn't make a difference. And a glove box, locked or not, doesn't really do much to stop an experienced thief from accessing its contents.

I'd be more concerned that you didn't heed a verbal request that you not take your weapon onto the man's property. Glad he changed his mind for you.

Wow. So the officer used your response of "I'm not armed" as probable cause to search your vehicle? That's ridiculous, and I would definitely place a call in to his supervisor.

--NEB