Leaving Your Gun in the Car…
Question: I have an AZ CCW. When I go to the post office with my daughter what do I need to do? I can’t hide the gun in the car if she does not have a CCW. What would you suggest I do? The same thing goes any time I am with family and need to leave the car to enter an airport or federal building. Thanks!
Answer: I am assuming that your daughter does not have an AZ CCW permit since she is not old enough to get one. In a situation like this, you need to have some sort of locking enclosure for your firearm in your vehicle. There are any number of devices from a variety of manufacturers that can be used to secure your firearm while you are out of the vehicle. My favorite is a product called a “Gunvault”. It is a steel box that is opened by using a user defined combination. When you put in the correct combination, an access door opens allowing you to remove the firearm. They are relatively inexpensive (less than $100 in most places) and very secure, especially if bolted to the floorboard of your car or in your trunk. Using a locking enclosure or placing the firearm in the trunk of the car will make it ‘inaccessible’ to your daughter or other family members that don’t have a CCW and will keep it secure from children that should not have access to a firearm while you are out of the vehicle.
Leaving Your Gun in the Car...,
I have a friend that tells me that it is unlawful to leave your gun in your car without you being in it even if you have a Permit to carry. I do not think this is true. It doesnt make any sense to me because you cannnot carry in all buildings, so you would have to leave the gun somewhere right? Can anyone help. I live In PA also.
Chris,
Your friend is incorrect. Here is a link to the applicable state law in Pennsylvania.
http://reference.pafoa.org/statutes/PA/18/II/G/61/A/6106/firearms-not-to-be-carried-without-a-license/
Best regards,
Doug