Hi Folks,
I'm curious if there are any rules or restrictions I should consider when travelling from my home, in Denton County, to the two gun ranges I use. I always take at least 4 handguns with me to the range and I drive a small regular cab truck so I tend to just plop the gun case on the passenger seat and the range bag on the floor over there.
Does anyone happen to know if I'm breaking any laws with what I describe? If I slide the passenger seat forward a few notches I can fit the gun case back there but it would still be pretty clearly visible were I to get pulled over for speeding or something along those lines. Should I consider putting a small lock on the gun case while I'm driving or am I over thinking this whole thing?
I also wonder about the number of rounds I normally carry in my range bag. It struck me Sunday that with the two bulk boxes of 22LR I had in the bag, I was carrying over 1400 rounds of ammunition in my truck, two feet from four handguns. While I'm sure most cops around here would recognize a bulk box of 22 for what it is and have no problem with it, I'm curious whether a strict interpretation of some law could get me into some trouble should an officer decide to push the issue.
Does anyone happen to know if I'm pushing my luck here? If any TX LEO happens to be reading this, I would very much like to hear your opinion on stopping me for some minor traffic violation and finding what I describe above in the cab of my truck.
Sorry, this post ended up a little longer than I planned.
Thanks in advance for any feedback though.
-Chris
I'm curious if there are any rules or restrictions I should consider when travelling from my home, in Denton County, to the two gun ranges I use. I always take at least 4 handguns with me to the range and I drive a small regular cab truck so I tend to just plop the gun case on the passenger seat and the range bag on the floor over there.
Does anyone happen to know if I'm breaking any laws with what I describe? If I slide the passenger seat forward a few notches I can fit the gun case back there but it would still be pretty clearly visible were I to get pulled over for speeding or something along those lines. Should I consider putting a small lock on the gun case while I'm driving or am I over thinking this whole thing?
I also wonder about the number of rounds I normally carry in my range bag. It struck me Sunday that with the two bulk boxes of 22LR I had in the bag, I was carrying over 1400 rounds of ammunition in my truck, two feet from four handguns. While I'm sure most cops around here would recognize a bulk box of 22 for what it is and have no problem with it, I'm curious whether a strict interpretation of some law could get me into some trouble should an officer decide to push the issue.
Does anyone happen to know if I'm pushing my luck here? If any TX LEO happens to be reading this, I would very much like to hear your opinion on stopping me for some minor traffic violation and finding what I describe above in the cab of my truck.
Sorry, this post ended up a little longer than I planned.
Thanks in advance for any feedback though.
-Chris