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WildBill wrote:

Bryanmc wrote:I think it comes down to the letter of the law vs the spirit of the law.

I am not sure what you mean by this.

In my mind (and Lord knows I've been wrong before) concealed in this instance means a reasonable good faith effort has been made to conceal it as opposed to laying it on the dash or on the passenger seat. If you're in a wreck and the pistol you had concealed under the passenger seat slides out onto the floor board, I don't think anyone is going to write you for an unconcealed weapon, although by the letter of the law, at that moment it is.

I think it comes down to the letter of the law vs the spirit of the law.

The definition of "plain sight" that I have always relied on is that it would be visible to someone who was not specifically looking for it. That's the definition usually applied to 4th amendment discussions anyway.