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LT SOUP wrote:
Hey thanks for that info as well. I was wondering the same thing, as far as having it on my hip while driving. It is on my right side (weapon) and i was wondering if they could tackle me with cc /wo permit due to them standing to my left and the weapon is not right infront of them. The way i understand it is you can have it on your person while driving and beeing stoped. If i am wrong please shep more light. Lt. out.
The so-called "glove box" provision was introduced in 2002 by Rep. Wayne Crump. The way he explained it, "80% of my constituents only want to be able to carry a concealed gun in their car when traveling." He figured that he might be able to get Gov. Holden to agree to that rather than an actual CCW permit law. Although Rep. Crump turned out to be mistaken about the Governor accepting that provision, it was combined with the CCW bill in the Senate committee after both had passed the House.
The actual language of the law
http://www.moga.mo.gov/statutes/C500-599/5710000030.HTM states:
"571.030. 1. A person commits the crime of unlawful use of weapons if he or she knowingly:
"(1) Carries concealed upon or about his or her person a knife, a firearm, a blackjack or any other weapon readily capable of lethal use; or
[ ...]
"3. Subdivisions (1), (5), (8), and (10) of subsection 1 of this section do not apply when the actor is transporting such weapons in a nonfunctioning state or in an unloaded state when ammunition is not readily accessible or when such weapons are not readily accessible.
Subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of this section does not apply to any person twenty-one years of age or older transporting a concealable firearm in the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, so long as such concealable firearm is otherwise lawfully possessed, nor when the actor is also in possession of an exposed firearm or projectile weapon for the lawful pursuit of game, or is in his or her dwelling unit or upon premises over which the actor has possession, authority or control, or is traveling in a continuous journey peaceably through this state. ..."
I keep
http://www.moga.mo.gov/statutes/c571.htm Missouri Revised Statutes -- Weapons Offenses in my browser's bookmarks toolbar for handy reference.