(A) (1) A person may transport in a motor vehicle a rifle, shotgun or pistol, open and unloaded, at any time.
(2) For the purpose of this section, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
OPEN. The firearm is transported in plain view, in a case designed for carrying firearms, which case is wholly or partially visible, in a gun rack mounted in the vehicle, in an exterior locked compartment or a trunk of a vehicle.
(3) Any person who is the operator of a vehicle or is a passenger in any vehicle wherein any person who is licensed pursuant to the State Self-Defense Act to carry a concealed handgun and is carrying a concealed handgun or has concealed the handgun in the vehicle, shall not be deemed in violation of the provisions of this section provided the licensee is in or near the vehicle.
(Prior Code, § 11-708)
(B) (1) Except as otherwise provided by the provisions of the State Self-Defense Act, or another provision of law of the state, it shall be unlawful to transport a loaded pistol, rifle or shotgun in a land-borne motor vehicle over a public highway or roadway. However, a rifle or shotgun may be transported when clip- or magazine-loaded and not chamber-loaded when transported in an exterior locked compartment of the vehicle or trunk of the vehicle.
(2) Any person who is the operator of a vehicle or is a passenger in any vehicle wherein another person is licensed pursuant to the State Self-Defense Act, to carry a concealed handgun and is carrying a concealed handgun or has concealed the handgun in the vehicle, shall not be deemed in violation of the provisions of this section provided the licensee is in or near the vehicle.
(Prior Code, § 11-709)
(Ord. 1346, passed 9-17-85) Penalty, see § 10.99