As those statutes pave
the way for gun owners to bring their weapons along whenever they leave home, some of those owners wind up stowing their firearms in the glovebox, the center console, or under their seats — where they are ripe for the plucking.
The law as drafted forced taxpayers to finance 3 years of incarceration
for people who literally pose no threat to anyone: the section would have applied to law - abiding
gun owners who happen to step briefly outside the terms of their license in the same
way it would to a maniac taking a loaded
gun to a daycare center.