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I was on a jury here in VA, which is a pretty gun friendly state, where the prosecutors were going after a guy for allegedly carrying a gun into an elementary school. The witness who saw him walk in with a gun was not remotely credible, but when the cops caught up with him later, he had his gun locked in the trunk. Only problem was according to VA law as read to us by the judge, it needed to be in a locked case in his trunk, not in the duffel bag it was in. Plus he admitted that he had driven to the school to pick up his kid, and driving onto school property with a gun in the car was also illegal. So he accepted some plea deal, and I couldn't set him free like I was planning to.
Having a gun is dangerous for more reasons than may be obvious. In some places, you can't even bring a gun to within a certain distance of a school, which means that as you drive around town with a gun, you need to keep in mind where all the schools are and stay the appropriate distance away. That might mean you can't use any of the major roads through town.
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