Here in VA, the cops are pretty cool about law-abiding citizens owning guns. I got nailed for speeding in Roanoke a while back and had my .45 on the front seat. I handed the cop my permit with my driver's license and he didn't even look at it before handing it back to me and taking my license back to his car to write me a ticket. I also had a cop at my house taking a report when someone tried to break in (I wasn't home when it happened or they would have been mopping him off my floor). The cop asked me if I was "protected" and sort of made eyes when he said it. We then proceded to chat about our respective SIG's for a while. I used to always carry, but it's just a huge repsonsibility and I'm on my absolute best behavior when I have a gun around me. So I usually leave it at home and then behave like a jerk.
