[diverteach]

It’s not a problem here in Florida and doubt it will be in Texas.

[onja]

In Arizona you can carry a gun pretty much anywhere, on your person, so long as it is clearly seen.

[Revolting cat!]

What are weapon drivers who have weapons?

[mysterio]

It’s bad enough that drivers have weapons, but now even the weapon drivers have weapons?

[Paleo Conservative]

The law allows Texans to carry guns in their cars, even without a concealed handgun license.

Oh come on. It's been legal in Texas since the 19th century to have a gun in your vehicle (or on your horse or buggy) if you are travelling across county lines.

[squidly]

Last time I went to the west slope of the Rockies, people were going around with guns on their hips. Don’t know if it’s still that way.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

We've had the same law here in Missouri for a couple of years now, and the streets have not run red with blood.

[FreedomPoster]

It’s been like that here in GA since dirt. Well, at least 15 or 20 years.

What’s the problem?

[varyouga]

The officers lacked evidence to attribute the gunfire to the driver, 25-year-old auto technician Jorge Alberto Espinoza. But they did arrest him on a charge of unlawfully carrying the gun.

That arrest, which resulted in a case that is pending, is the sort that officers no longer can make.

"If someone out there is carrying a gun, but they don't have a criminal record, and they haven't committed a crime, and they're not a member of a gang, that tool might be out of our box," Chief Waldrop said.

What tool is that, Chief? Busting people who haven't committed a crime?

[ozzymandus]

I’m sorry, but I need to ask: If you can’t carry a pistol in your car, how the hell are you supposed to take it anywhere?

[BenLurkin]

Who would be worried?

Other than the criminals?

[Muleteam1]

>>took effect in September,<<

Uh oh! I thought that's what that box on the right side of the dash was for. Why else would my 38 fit it so well?

[-=SoylentSquirrel=-]

The author tries every angle to make the reader distrust this law. Example:

"...To many prosecutors, the law was as clear as mud. What if a driver met all the conditions to qualify for the "presumption," but was only headed around the corner for a carton of milk? Was he traveling?..."

The author repeatedly tries to play up the ambiguity of the word "traveling" and gets no traction. He assumes the reader drank the gun control Kool Aid also, but his bias is apparent to me.

[Redbob]

This has been the law here for a long time, and last year’s action merely reaffirmed it, to straighten out a handful of jerkwad prosecutors like those in Austin and I believe Houston.

Oh, and those most worried about this law?
Would we call those “Criminals?”

[Clemenza]

In the state of New Jersey, I am only allowed to have a gun in my car if it is unloaded and in a locked container. Concealed weapons permit? HA HA HA!

[RichInOC]

[cue The Offspring— “Bad Habit”]

[MeekOneGOP]

someone’s gotta keep the roadragers in check !! :)

[MeekOneGOP]

bump!

[Fido969]

"I think you have a lot of folks with criminal intentions that will get out of unlawful possession of a firearm because they fall within that definition of on their way to their car," he said.

"Criminal intentions"? Who decides that?

I guess you don't have to actually commit a crime anymore to lose your rights to a gun. A DA just has to decide you had some kind of criminal INTENTION.

[Fido969]

"If someone out there is carrying a gun, but they don't have a criminal record, and they haven't committed a crime, and they're not a member of a gang, that tool might be out of our box," Chief Waldrop said.

Well, there you go. Now the cops are upset because if you haven't committed a crime they can't arrest you.