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Originally Posted by BMTGIE
Exactly, if you get stopped you are supposed to tell the officer immediately that you are carrying it's the law.
Like I said before concealed= out of plain view. You can't see my gun when I'm sitting.
Third, I said I only have it their while I'm driving otherwise it's locked in the glove box or in the trunk etc.
Fourth, the gun is completely safe put away like this because it's not chambered
Fifth, I have no kids.
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Fair enough. Sounds like you've put some thought into it. You should consider the practicality of carrying an empty chamber, even if just in your car. The time it takes you to chamber a round could be the difference between surviving a violent encounter and not. Remember that if the time comes, your body will be dumping adrenaline at an unprecedented rate. You'll likely have tunnel vision and any action you haven't completely built into muscle memory will be lost.
I do hope you'll eat a Saturday some day soon and get your permit. Get a nice Crossbreed SuperTuck holster if you want to carry in-waistband or a Serpa for outside-waistband and add to the population of law abiding, lawfully armed citizens. The more the better and ALL the stats back that up, and it makes your weapon instantly functional and reachable when it's not seconds that count, but fractions of a second....God forbid.
ETA: And just for discussion's sake, not every state has a duty-to-notify clause. In VA, we are not obligated to disclose the possession of a weapon carried by permit, and in most cases the police know when they approach the vehicle because our licenses are flagged so when they run your plate, they'll back trace it to the registered owner.