ya know, I would be just as nervous driving through Texas with a gun in my car as I would in Massachusetts, Illinois, California, or New Jersey, or basically any liberal stronghold state. The only state that I ever felt truly comfortable carrying a gun was in Arizona and, to a lesser extent, New Mexico.
I realize there might be complexities in their law....it’s just how this ‘article’ rambled on and drifted is what got me...
I feel fine here in GA carrying or transporting - I have the license but it literally only took me about 1/2 hour to get in my adopted city (north GA) versus the 8 weeks it took in Cobb County (bureaucracy hell, IMHO, being a resident tracing relatives back to the 1840-60s there and in counties northward). Life is much simpler when you don’t live around transplanted yankees.....
You can legally carry your loaded concealed firearm in Texas without a concealed carry license. You can’t carry it outside your car except going into your motel room or some other place where you can legally have it (such as a shooting range). The definition is you must be “travelling”. Any time you are using your car you are travelling. You also don’t have to tell an officer you have a gun unless he asks. Most officers are firearm friendly. Just keep it hidden until they ask for it.
You might be right dragging Ohio tags!
Having been traffic stopped and asked about Conceal Carry, the DPS Trooper checked my CHL and never want to check the pistol. Texas LEO (for the most part) have little concern about us totin in our cars/trucks.