Being arrested is not the same as a conviction, but there are serious downsides to being arrested for sure. It is not a great risk but you do you risk being shot to death if for some reason the officer is afraid for his life. It is possible that the officer radios in first and is told the law by a commanding officer. Not sure how that works out.Depends on how the officer that pulled you over interpretes the law. I'm sure he/she won't Google it. Ive heard different things from different leos. Even the "step rule".
Seems like it was about five years ago , in the FWB paper was a story about a Ala. football star recent grad, no pro contract I think , was pulled over and arrested for unlawful firearm. The next day paper said OCSD said he was not charged saying he had a pistol in the console but round was not in chamber so let go because of THREE step rule
Seems like it was about five years ago , in the FWB paper was a story about a Ala. football star recent grad, no pro contract I think , was pulled over and arrested for unlawful firearm.
https://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2010/10/glen_coffee_gun_charge_droppe.htmlAssistant State Attorney William Bishop determined that Coffee did not violate the law by having a loaded pistol in the center console of his 2008 Cadillac during a traffic stop.
Under Florida law, a person can possess a concealed firearm if its "securely encased."
For a non CCW holder that is the case. For a CCW the two moves thing does not apply. The only requirement for a CCW holder with pistol is that it must be concealed. It also can not be possessed in some areas like the post office or inside of a school.
According to a LEO in Pensacola this is not entirely accurate. If you have a ccw permit and carrying a pistol, you do not need to hide it from view in your vehicle as Florida considers your vehicle an extension of your home. According to him you can stick it in a holster and lay it on your front seat or wedge it between your seat and console and your good to go. This is for CCW permit holders only mind you.
A CCW lawyer in front of the ERGC during a talk with questions and answers told us that a gun lying in plain sight on the seat of a car was concealed assuming I got that right.According to a LEO in Pensacola this is not entirely accurate. If you have a ccw permit and carrying a pistol, you do not need to hide it from view in your vehicle as Florida considers your vehicle an extension of your home. According to him you can stick it in a holster and lay it on your front seat or wedge it between your seat and console and your good to go. This is for CCW permit holders only mind you.
You can carry the AR in addition to your pistol. If you get one in 300 blackout using all copper barnes bullets you can really shoot through the sheet metal of a vehicle to reliably kill people inside of it. If you get stopped by a mob manned roadblock, having thirty round magazines in an assault rifle cartridge pistol AR does have its merits. I think my glock will likely handle what ever I need, but as I said I can see a use for the AR pistol. By the way I do not own an AR pistol.I know I'm going to catch it for this ,but here goes Very poor choice for a firearm to have in a car. to have to use if needed, Get smart and go to a good ccw class, and learn. And you wouldn't have to aske this question. Just my 5 cents jj
By the way one good CCW class is just the first step of the ladder to learning the art of the pistol. Train the way you carry and live. For example do not train with a holster that just fits inside of the rules for some of various gun games people play. Train from your concealment holster with your shirt over the gun.smart and go to a good ccw class, and learn. And you wouldn't have to aske this question.
I am with JJ here, learn to use your handgun, you are not out killing people in cars or attacking large groups of people with an AR. If you follow your training you fight to get out of trouble not to get deeper into it. For me paranoid people are the worst to carry in the first place. My Glock with a 15 rd mag and a 33 spare is enough for defense and to get out of all the trouble I want to have in the Walmart parking lot.
I know I'm going to catch it for this
This.Either concealed with a ccwl, securely encased, or going to and from one of the activities that allow open carry! Those are the only ways to have a handgun in your vehicle.
There's no stupid step rule or anything else that will keep you legal. Read the law and just go by it.
And if the OP wants to have that in his vehicle, that's his business. I don't need to give my opinion one way or another about what someone wants to carry.
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This statement conflicts itself. Since your vehicle is an extention of your home (correct): You DO NOT NEED A CCW to have a properly encased firearm in a vehicle. A CWP would allow that person to "carry it" physically on their person (body).According to a LEO in Pensacola this is not entirely accurate. If you have a ccw permit and carrying a pistol, you do not need to hide it from view in your vehicle as Florida considers your vehicle an extension of your home. According to him you can stick it in a holster and lay it on your front seat or wedge it between your seat and console and your good to go. This is for CCW permit holders only mind you.