I'm in Illinois this week, on business, and decided to bring a firearm with me.
As I understand it, I can carry my weapon loaded, as long as I'm in my own car.
Transporting to my motel room requires unloading the weapon, and carrying the firearm and ammo in separately. Then, the same process in reverse to transport back to my car. All this unholstering, holstering, unloading, reloading seems like I'm just asking for something to go wrong (ND). And carrying +1 was a mistake. Now I have an extra round to keep track of every time I unload.
Tonight, I went for dinner in Indiana, so I carried into the restaurant, and out. When I got back to the hotel I decided not to do the unholster/unload dance, and just carried concealed into the hotel. What am I risking by doing that? If I could lose my LTCH, I probably won't do that any more. It sure felt right, though.
I carry every day, but I rarely unload, load or unholster my weapon. The weapon stays loaded and holstered for a week or two, until I go to the range, or decide to clean the weapon.
It's somewhat ironic that I can quite literally see the Indiana border from my hotel room! Just seems like a LOT of trouble to go through just because I'm 200 yards west of my home state.
Reciprocity seems like such a simple thing. It works for driver's licenses. It should work for LTCH as well.
I'll be heading home tomorrow, and hopefully won't have to come back for awhile.
Thanks for listening. Just wanted to vent a bit.
As I understand it, I can carry my weapon loaded, as long as I'm in my own car.
Transporting to my motel room requires unloading the weapon, and carrying the firearm and ammo in separately. Then, the same process in reverse to transport back to my car. All this unholstering, holstering, unloading, reloading seems like I'm just asking for something to go wrong (ND). And carrying +1 was a mistake. Now I have an extra round to keep track of every time I unload.
Tonight, I went for dinner in Indiana, so I carried into the restaurant, and out. When I got back to the hotel I decided not to do the unholster/unload dance, and just carried concealed into the hotel. What am I risking by doing that? If I could lose my LTCH, I probably won't do that any more. It sure felt right, though.
I carry every day, but I rarely unload, load or unholster my weapon. The weapon stays loaded and holstered for a week or two, until I go to the range, or decide to clean the weapon.
It's somewhat ironic that I can quite literally see the Indiana border from my hotel room! Just seems like a LOT of trouble to go through just because I'm 200 yards west of my home state.
Reciprocity seems like such a simple thing. It works for driver's licenses. It should work for LTCH as well.
I'll be heading home tomorrow, and hopefully won't have to come back for awhile.
Thanks for listening. Just wanted to vent a bit.