Annual sojourn begins

[Barth]

I'd error on the side of caution. If you're stopped, tell the officer that you have a permit and you have a weapon lock-up inside the trunk or however you plan to have it. In states your permit is not honored make sure your gun is unloaded and locked up separately from your ammo. But as one person mentioned already, stay within the speed limit and you'll have no worries.

In Florida we do not have to say if you have a CCW and whether you're carrying or not. However, I always do. Every time this has happen to me, the officer did not write me a ticket and it has turned into a friendly discussion about firearms. Once the officer asked me what gun I was carrying. At that time it was an LCP, when they first came out. He was amazed at the small size and light weight. He let me off with a verbal warning.

I live in Florida too and I agree.
It's not required. But a nice courtesy.
Plus having a permit means you have been fingerprinted.
And have no meaningful criminal record.
Or history of drugs, alcohol or violence.
It means you're a good guy.

[HDoc]

I'd error on the side of caution. If you're stopped, tell the officer that you have a permit and you have a weapon lock-up inside the trunk or however you plan to have it. .

That's absolutely what I will not do. I have a car packed to the gills with
the guns locked at the bottom of a full trunk. I'm NOT going to invite a curious officer to take a look see when it will take 30 minutes to unpack and pack unless I legally have to. If it's not mandated, he/she has no legal justification to ask, that's why I asked the original question.
Guns get unloaded and locked going through Maryland and New York, so far.
All other states I can carry with permits from FL and CT. If I'm CC, I'll
inform. I'm not saying anything in the socialist repubiks of NY or MD.
As far as staying within the speed limits, you obviously haven't seen areas that get a chunk of their municipal budgets from false forfeitures, hidden speed zones or questionable traffic stops. Similar to "driving while black"; driving with an out of state plate is sometimes just an excuse for a
stop. Having a NY plate while living in North Carolina years ago had the local police chief ( my next door neighbor) question my sanity. It's a lesson
I learned well. "Don't go looking for trouble, son"

[tilefish]

Federal Interstate Travel
Federal law does not require a permit to travel across state lines on the interstate highway system with legally acquired firearms for lawful purposes. A person is entitled to transport a firearm from any place where it is lawfully possessed to any other place where it is lawfully possessed if the firearm is unloaded and locked out of reach. In vehicles without a trunk, unloaded firearms should be locked in a container other than the glove compartment or console. Ammunition must also be locked and stored in the trunk or in a locked container somewhere other than the glove compartment or console. FOPA also provides for necessary stops, like gas and rest.

Personally, I'd find this law and print out a copy and have it with you for any state that does not honor your CCW permit.

I hear ya, I know what you are talking about and I agree. However some of those states, NY and NJ in particular, do not play by the rules. There have been many, many people arrested, tried and convicted. Its a different world up there. There is no amount of money you could pay me to travel to NY or NJ with a handgun. Seriously. I will provide you with some cases if you think I am exaggerating.

[Markis82]

I hear ya, I know what you are talking about and I agree. However some of those states, NY and NJ in particular, do not play by the rules. There have been many, many people arrested, tried and convicted. Its a different world up there. There is no amount of money you could pay me to travel to NY or NJ with a handgun. Seriously. I will provide you with some cases if you think I am exaggerating.

I lived in NJ for 37 years. It is no problem driving in NJ with a firearm. As long as it is properly stowed and the ammo is locked separately. However, I wouldn't be caught with hi cap mags! NY I understand is a different story.

[tilefish]

I lived in NJ for 37 years. It is no problem driving in NJ with a firearm. As long as it is properly stowed and the ammo is locked separately. However, I wouldn't be caught with hi cap mags! NY I understand is a different story.

Brian Aitken had a different experience... I have heard of many similar cases too. My intention is not to argue with you, so don't take it that way. I have just heard of too many people getting screwed up there. Granted many of those folks were ignorant of the law, but still... It is a different world in the Peoples Republic of NY and NJ. I simply urge people to use extreme caution heading north of VA. Once they get into upstate NY, VT and NH, they are in relatively sane country again.
I spent most of my life in NY. It sucks there, at least on Long Island anyway.

[HDoc]

I lived in NJ for 37 years. It is no problem driving in NJ with a firearm. As long as it is properly stowed and the ammo is locked separately. However, I wouldn't be caught with hi cap mags!.

So let me see, after the Delaware Memorial Bridge, I stop on the side of the road and toss my double stack mags into the sea?
If Beelzebub said he'd push for uniform national gun carry standards, I'd
be tempted to vote for him......