This Court Ruled That A Gun In A Glove Compartment Violates Concealed Carry Laws

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MADISON, WISCONSIN — Concealed carry laws can be tricky to navigate, and they vary from state to state. Sometimes, they’ll even vary between different localities in a state. Nevertheless, sometimes these laws need to be challenged if they aren’t quite clear, which is exactly what one man did when he was found with a pistol in his glove compartment.

The state Supreme Court says a man who had a loaded handgun in his glove compartment violated Wisconsin‘s concealed carry law.

Police in Milwaukee stopped Brian Grandberry in 2014 and found a loaded semi-automatic pistol in the glove compartment. Grandberry didn’t have a concealed weapon permit and prosecutors charged him with violating the state’s concealed carry law.

Grandberry challenged the court based on the state’s safe transport statute. That statute says that a Wisconsin resident is sable to transport a loaded pistol, in our out of a case. His argument was that the transport statues and the concealed carry prohibition contradict each other.

Grandberry tried, but failed with his challenge. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court ruled 6-1 that people can easily cover themselves with both laws by obtaining their concealed carry permit.

But if the statute says that a resident can transport a loaded pistol inside their vehicle, concealed or otherwise, what’s the problem?

It’s just another hoop to jump through, and a little more revenue for those concealed carry permits.

 

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Brandon is the founder of Concealed Nation and is an avid firearm enthusiast, with a particular interest in responsible concealed carry. His EDC is a Springfield Armory Hellcat OSP, with a Shield Sights RMSC Red Dot, that holds Hornady 165 gr FTX Critical Defense rounds, and rides comfortably in a Vedder Holsters ComfortTuck IWB holster.

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