Handgun Transport, Washington and Oregon

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Taking a trip out west from Texas. Will travel through Washington and stay in Ocean Park, WA for a few days. Will travel through Oregon but not spend the night.
Have done my best to read the gun laws. It looks to me like in Washington I have to have the gun unloaded and in a case. My suitcases have locks, so thinking unloaded revolver in a locked suitcase.
Think in Oregon I can have it loaded and locked in the glove box. In a pickup so no trunk to put it in.
Would appreciate some local knowledge from you folks that live in Washington and Oregon.
 
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In WA you may carry a loaded pistol openly without any license or permit. If you get into a vehicle that open carry is now concealed carry, which would require a CPL.

You may carry a loaded pistol concealed, in a vehicle or not, without any permit or license as long as you are traveling to, engaged in, or traveling from an outdoor activity like hunting, fishing, hiking, or backpacking.
 
There is also a link somewhere on the Attorney General's page for the state CPLs that WA accepts. Otherwise, the description you have gotten of locked case such as your suitcase in the trunk is fine.
 
this site has links to each state's handgun laws, plus summaries
Handgunlaw.us

Example: WA ) Any person while carrying a pistol unloaded and in a closed opaque case or secure wrapper.
2024 c 330 s 3;

Caution in Oregon: cities, like Portland, have additional local laws about guns in vehicles
 
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Thanks for the heads up about Portland. My route from Ocean Park, WA to Boise, ID does take me through Portland but will be sure not to stop. No other big cities until I am out of enemy territory.
 
FWIW, WA has fewer LEO’s per capita than any other state in the nation.
 
Muss if I recall they tried screwing with some LEOSA qualified carriers in South Dakota at the Sturgis bike rally a few years ago and got schooled by the courts pretty quickly.
 
First vital step: Concealed means concealed. NO ONE needs to be able to perceived you are armed. Second: Don't do stupid stuff and get stopped. Third: Avoid stupid places that attract cop attention for any reason. If you think you are in such a place, LEAVE with all of the alacrity of which you are capable. Now that I am no longer in LE, I am not outside the house during the hours I loved to work (Nights). Dayshift sucked, but I no longer want to meet the denizens of the dark.
 
Be mindful of magazine capacity laws as well. While traveling through Idaho, you could take the Idaho Enhanced CWL course. That, combined with Texas' permit, should allow for future reciprocity in WA (currently not OR though) ... Also, the north side of the Columbia has a "highway" which takes a similar path to Ocean Park, if, again, you had any reciprocity in WA vs. OR.
 
We are the process of having a Super C RV built by an expedition truck customizer. For travel we will only have single column mag pistols (Glock is very clear about not using reduced capacity mags for serious, so none of those pistols will go) and the long gun is the Marlin .357 lever gun I will be setting up after my surgery. After the shoulder break, my serious shotgun is going to go.
 
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