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i had a 22 rifle behind the seat of my pickup while i was in the woods working on a trail. the state and forestry cops saw the case on the floor of the truck and came into the woods looking for me. they asked me if i had a gun and i told them i had the gun behind the truck seat. it was sunday and they gave me a ticket for having a gun in the national forest on sunday. it cost me $110.00. now, what if i had been camping in there on saturday night and was leaving. what would they do? i don't know. they thought i was pouching deer or something and since i wasn't they just had to mess with me. that's why i have a healthy dislike for cops.
My goodness croatenkid!!!! What state do you live in that they'd be able to ticket you for that, so I don't ever move there?
I live in Minnesota, and you CAN have a gun in your car/truck even if you don't have a permit to carry, as long as it is unloaded and in a case (even a sleeve counts, if its tied shut) The bullets have to be stored seperated from the gun also I believe.
It doesn't matter where you are, as far as I know, but I do believe that the cased gun needs to be as far away from the driver as possible, ie. trunk, hatchback, or behind the seat of a truck, as its not safe in the bed if you don't have a carry permit.
I would've gone to court over that ticket in my opinion. That's just not reasonable in my opinion, unless your state DOES have a specific law that guns aren't allowed in vehicles in those forests.