ecdirtdevil
Newbie
Hey guys,
I am currently a student at a universtiy in washington. After the shooting at SPU I've always been conscious of the fact that I don't have my gun on campus.
I am under 21 and bought my handgun through a private transfer, so I do not have a conceal carry. I am trying to think of a way that I conceal carry my pistol in my backpack, so that if a bad situation arises somewhere on my campus I can keep myself and those in my immediate area safe.
My thought was to buy one of these, http://www.amazon.com/Barska-Book-Safe-Combination-Lock/dp/B00BGIY06A , wrap a piece of cloth around my gun (prevent metal to metal clanging noise), and call it good.
Please correct me if I am wrong but first off if an officer wanted to randomly search my backpack while I am on campus he could not. I could just use my 4th and 5th amendment right?
Let's say he does look through my back pack however, and see's that one of the books is actually a safe. Now he does not have the combination code to get into the safe. If he wanted to look at the contents he would have to break it open. This again is against the 4th amendment. Showing a broken safe in court, all charges would have to be dismissed.
The particular box I bought is a different model then the one I attatched, it is an engineering book cover. I found though with this type of safe the edges of the safe can be pryed slightly to get a slight look inside.
My question is would an officer "prying" the box to look inside, be the same as attempting to break the safe? This is another reason why I plan to wrap my firearm in a piece of cloth, that way all that is seen is cloth.
I am also curious if I can carry my gun loaded in this safe, in my backpack, in a vehicle. I am not completely aware of all the laws and what rights officers have for searching your vehicle (pack in your vehicle) if I were to get pulled over.
Thank you guys for your feedback. Protecting our rights in this time and age is a difficult task that we all most fight for together.
God bless.
I am currently a student at a universtiy in washington. After the shooting at SPU I've always been conscious of the fact that I don't have my gun on campus.
I am under 21 and bought my handgun through a private transfer, so I do not have a conceal carry. I am trying to think of a way that I conceal carry my pistol in my backpack, so that if a bad situation arises somewhere on my campus I can keep myself and those in my immediate area safe.
My thought was to buy one of these, http://www.amazon.com/Barska-Book-Safe-Combination-Lock/dp/B00BGIY06A , wrap a piece of cloth around my gun (prevent metal to metal clanging noise), and call it good.
Please correct me if I am wrong but first off if an officer wanted to randomly search my backpack while I am on campus he could not. I could just use my 4th and 5th amendment right?
Let's say he does look through my back pack however, and see's that one of the books is actually a safe. Now he does not have the combination code to get into the safe. If he wanted to look at the contents he would have to break it open. This again is against the 4th amendment. Showing a broken safe in court, all charges would have to be dismissed.
The particular box I bought is a different model then the one I attatched, it is an engineering book cover. I found though with this type of safe the edges of the safe can be pryed slightly to get a slight look inside.
My question is would an officer "prying" the box to look inside, be the same as attempting to break the safe? This is another reason why I plan to wrap my firearm in a piece of cloth, that way all that is seen is cloth.
I am also curious if I can carry my gun loaded in this safe, in my backpack, in a vehicle. I am not completely aware of all the laws and what rights officers have for searching your vehicle (pack in your vehicle) if I were to get pulled over.
Thank you guys for your feedback. Protecting our rights in this time and age is a difficult task that we all most fight for together.
God bless.