In my case it was a .22 rifle and a shotgun in a horizontal rack mounted inside the cab of a pu truck, in plain view going down a county road. The guns were completely visible through all the windows, mounted forward of teh rear window. Yes I ran the serial #'s, as I have always done. I've recovered a few stolen ones too. I'm just now hearing that these were 4th amendment violations. It was deemed a good stop. And yes, both were loaded, with rounds in the tubular magazines, chambers empty.
Good thing I'm retired now. All these years I thought I'd done a pretty darn good job out there. Now I'm finding out what a reckless loose cannon on the deck I really was.
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