[Rick Lee]

Those are all gun-friendly states except IL. Yes, you'd be covered by the federal law, but plenty of states ignore that. See the one about the guy who missed his connection flight at Newark, collected his luggage for the hotel sray and went to jail for having a gun in NJ even for one night. Anyway, there's no reason a cop should be allowed to search your car. Know your rights or else you don't have any.