O/T Firearms 101: Have some questions on laws-

i would of never thought i would carry a fire arm in any vehc. i own but when i drove from cal to ariz. with my 3 girls and wife . i went to my garage and gun safe broke out my 40. bert. and holster and clip holster thingy and proceeded to load 3 of my clips as i was doing this my wife walked in forgot to tell her i was doing this she freaked a bit but all i could say to her was honey my hole family is going on a long road trip and where driving for 2 days in mostly no where desrt if any thing happens to me and you can get to the wepon dont forget to shot groups of 4 to 5 please ammos cheap put the gun in our suburben concealed in tire jack area with clip in the weapon not saying this is right or wrong but as far as we were concerned it was a possible + if it got shitty and my self and wife are proficient in the use of this particular weapon and as far as i was concerned if ther was a serious problem with some thing it would end if possible in our favor as in my kids and parents make it home safely guess my only qustion to you is do you have any fire arm exp. and do you think like some of these folks asked you could kill something... if you had to with out hesitation if not dont get gun :love7:i dont have a conc. perm.but at last if i thought for a second that my family was possibly going in harms way the other party would be bumming it:happy10:and have a safe trip chap