for travelling, especially out of state.  Why travel through a state that you can't enjoy the safety of having your weapon on you, while travelling. He's stating that he'd rather around that state and get gas at a gas station he can legally protect himself and/or his family and/or the employees at the gas station.  You guys jump to alterior conclusions too easy...open your mind and stop watching too much tv and movies Anonymous When I was a teen, my dad worked nights in a gas station. From 6pm to 10pm, streets were busy, and he kept his Beretta in a drawer under the cash register. After 10pm the town quietened down and it went inside his belt in plain sight.  BTW, the night constable who contracted with the businesses on mainstreet, appreciated and knew he could depend on my dad. Caledurago I have a number of friends in law enforcement and they say that when they see a person has a ccw they relax, because it means you have gone through the same background check that they did and you are one of the good guys. Anonymous Caledurago, I guess I should have stated that... I'm 67, and that situation was in the early 1960?s, before JFK and Bobby Kennedy were killed. Er, Uh, before the Gun Control Act of 1968. It was no big deal for anybody working nights to carry a weapon.  That's not to take away from what you said, and I do understand.  I do