How To Carry A Firearm While Overlanding

Remaining safe and legal is your first priority for self defense

Do you carry a gun when you go camping? Most of the time I do. Whether that’s because I’m traveling to hunt, or just being being prepared, it’s a privilege that involves a lot of responsibility. Here’s how I set myself up for success when I’m carrying a firearm in a vehicle.

Firearms are a nuanced topic that involves a lot of preconceptions, identities, and politics. I try to approach writing about them from a purely practical standpoint. 190 million Americans live in gun-owning households, and there’s more guns than people in this country. Americans of all descriptions own guns, and post-pandemic, there’s millions of new gun owners. Hopefully this is a topic we can all discuss rationally.

Step One: Safe Storage

Before you put a gun in your vehicle, you need to figure out a way to store it in there securely. The reality of transporting a firearm …