Okay, good, I’m not the only one who read this sentence outside of its intended meaning. I agree that this sentence is poorly written, but I believe the author of the article meant to say that anyone who leaves a weapon in open view is innocent of any wrongdoing provided they have a carry license.
Otherwise, non-licensees must keep the weapon in a closed container, which is the preferred storage message anyway.
This is just bad journalism.
Or bad communications by someone who paid big bucks for a degree in communications.