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I'd like to know when the legislature wrote that provision - were center consoles even in use then? If "on the seat" is one of the options, then ease of access doesn't seem to be the issue. And whether or not the compartment can be locked means nothing if there is no requirement for it to be locked if containing a firearm. A hyper-technical ruling that demonstrates the difference between the law and justice, the former being a murderer getting off because of an inconsequential typo on a warrant application, the latter being that same just-released murderer getting hit by a bus as he exits the courthouse.

10 posted on 09/22/2006 12:30:58 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Treaty Fetishism: "[The] belief that a piece of paper will alter the behavior of thugs." R. Lowry.)

i'd guess that the law is trying to make the gun either visible, or out of reach. in the center console might as well be in your pocket.
they'll justify it by citing a "need to protect police officers during routine traffic stops"

what are open/ concealed carry laws like there?

52 posted on 09/22/2006 1:27:49 PM PDT by absolootezer0 ("My God, why have you forsaken us.. no wait, its the liberals that have forsaken you... my bad")