along those same lines, a person without a CPL is required to store their weapons so they are 'inaccessable' to the passengers in the vehicle...
so I might not recommend just leaving it in the back seat... keep it on you.
Can you cite this? I'm not aware of any statute wording in this regard. If there is I would like to add it to my references page.
OK. Let me point everyone to the rest of my comment where it says
I know someone will say just having it out of their reach will satisfy the letter of the law. But I dont want to be a test case for the definition of that wording. Your decisions might differ from mine. If they do best of luck to you and hope they dont get anyone in trouble.
Radioman
Now for another disclaimer. I am not a lawyer. Please consult one before you get into any trouble for listening to what I have to say.
Now to the issue. Evil is right on the portion for the CPL holder. 750.227 (2) says a CPL holder can carry in a vehicle on or about his or her person. This makes it legal for that person to have a loaded weapon in the vehicle. I read the "or about" portion as being directly in control of the weapon meaning if its not on my body in a holster then its in my lap or under my leg, not sitting open where anyone else can make a grab over or around me to access it.
Now lets look at the person in the vehicle that does not have a CPL. They need to follow 750.231a (1)(d and e) which list exemptions to 750.227 subsection 2 which call for the pistol to be unloaded and enclosed in a case designed to hold a firearm in the trunk of the vehicle (d) or if a trunk is not in the vehicle design then placed not readily accessible to the occupants of the vehicle (e). This allows non-cpl holders to transport firearms for legal purposes if and only if your situation applies to one of the exemptions listed. I only included the two that applied to the situation the OP presented, Dealers, antiques and out of state CPL holders were not included in the original or subsiquent posts.
So by applying those two laws to the situation of a CPL holder and a Non-CPL holder in a vehicle together I see it as CPL holder has it directly on his/her person or its transported per 750.231a (1)(d,e) to keep the non-cpl holder legal.
Again I am not a lawyer. Proceed at your own risk. If you want ot be a test case for the on or about your person line when you have a non-cpl holder in the vehicle with you be my guest. But understand I do not recommend you doing this and I am not a lawyer.
Radioman
Edited to make it english rather than Radiomanish. Yes I don't claim to be an english major, I usually speak american or radiomanish when its been a long day.