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Mjolnir wrote:
if you are carrying in a car and the weapon is on your person and you can not see it then it is not open carry but concealed.
Who can not see it? Yourself? A cop standing at the drivers window? Someone half a block down the street? Does this mean that you are not allowed to carry your sidearm in an OWB holster on your right hip while driving?
This is the same kind of ambiguous statement that cops use all of the time to make up laws. I just want to clarify exactly what you mean by "not see it".
The way I understand it is that there is an element of
intent involved with concealment - at least here in Wyoming, and many other states - some states have a much more strict interpretation regarding visibility. Are you actively trying to conceal the weapon via placement, clothing, whatever? Carrying a holstered handgun, not covered by clothing is open carry regardless of whether you are walking down the street or sitting in a car.
Furthermore, what do you mean by "open is open". No one disputes that you can open carry, the point of discussion was regarding
carrying concealed in a vehicle. Are you saying that non-open carry discussions are forbidden here? Are you saying that the legality regarding concealing in a vehicle here in WY is ambiguous and that you shouldn't do it? Even though the same number of laws apply to having a firearm in one's vehicle as to open carry, i.e., zero.
Bottom line is that I wouldn't want folks thinking that a firearm must be completely , 100% visible while in a vehicle (or on your person). Setting it on the dash or on the seat next to you is just trouble. While certainly legal, not the most commonsensical thing to do. Anything that is unrestrained quickly becomes deadly in the event of a collision. So just leave it on your hip or put it in your glove compartment.