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I think in efforts to show who is more responsible all of the "put it in the trunk or leave it at home" crowd has gone Fast and Unexpectedly into Looney Land with the Refusal to Employ Tactical Advanced Response and Defense. (aka FULL RETARD). Too much overthinking.

I'm carrying, I decide to have a few drinks so I put the gun in the car, later the wife drives me home. She can use the gun to defend her self or me. There are no limits to how many guns you can have in the car CHL or not. She can have her gun, my gun and whatever else is in the car as long as the guns are legal and she can legally possess them. As long a there is one responsible adult who hasn't been drinking can legally possess the legal guns I think you don't have any issue with a traffic stop. IANAL.

Can I possess a car and still drink? What about car keys in my pocket? Does that make me a drunk driver?

As stated before, does that mean I can't have a few drinks in my own house because guns are in it?

Or even better, I can't ever have a drinks anywhere because I have "constructive possession" of firearms?

http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictiona ... Possession

Or what about you can't have firearms when children are around because they might get to it. And making firearms accessible to children is a crime? How do you protect those children without the firearm?

I get that you don't want to get into a messy situation without thinking first about what you were doing but how far does the insanity go?

IMHO, It's only when you use the car or firearm or have direct possession of firearm on your person in an impaired state that you could find yourself in trouble. IANAL.