i don't understand about the vehicle part though,
inside your vehicle in KY has so far shown to be = your personal private area.
here's how it's played out in my state:
KY supreme court has determined you have a right to carry a gun in your car and no employer can fire you for it, and you aren't violating any law by doing it.
goes without saying they mean those already legal to own and carry.
and what i don't yet know is, if it said only concealed; ie: they may not have addressed rifles in a visible gun rack in a pickup truck. <--but this is one i don't care about personally, if it has to be concealed that's fine by me,
all that matters to me is i can have a gun for my safety during my commute to work and back.
so 2 things i don't yet understand:
- why can't a postal employee have a gun in their car and go to work.
fwiw the po's in my town and neighboring Lexington all seem to have fenced-in employee parking lots, if that's any factor.
- why wouldn't any citizen be allowed to have their carry gun in their car, leave it in the car and go into po, etc. But what i've read thus far, this is not allowed per fed law. Note, what i said above is KY law so i don't know if the fed situation trumps it.
in a fairly recent court case, univ-ky has(had?) an employee rule you cannot have any gun on campus even in your car; they fired an employee, he took it to court, the first judge went against him and he lost, it went to KY supreme court and they overturned and this person was exonerated. I don't know if they were given their job back or even wanted it, but the rule was clear: UK employees can keep a gun in their car. many of them commute a long distance too, it's not fun to have flat on the highway and be defenseless.
anyhoo as long as i have an alternative i'm not as concerned on this issue;
i can park adjacent and walk, not a huge deal. i will have to study up on knife carry, as i do carry blades as backup weapons, and the p.o. in lexington is infact in a crappy area. ...put on a tool belt with a hammer in it?