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I'm sure someone with more legal brainpower than me will jump in here, but here is what I know/remember. I was selling guns in the 1960's/70's and I tried to learn the laws to be able to give informed opinions. There was a law that stated as a bona fide traveler you could have a concealed weapon. Bona fide was defined as crossing two county lines in 24 hours. Long guns were OK to have in a vehicle in plain sight, but I seem to remember they couldn't have a round in the chamber. I may be misremembering the point about loaded chambers. If a hand gun was within reach it was considered to be concealed. In a glove box, under a seat, in a saddle bag, etc. was within reach and so considered to be concealed. There was always some guy who would interrupt to tell me it was OK to carry openly on the seat of your car because then it wasn't "concealed". I never found any law stating that. I guess there would be no law to keep your from traveling on foot, but as for carrying on your person you still had to be a bona fide traveler. At least as far as I knew.