Nevertheless, it was a crime back then to carry a revolver in the glove compartment. Remember?
It's even against the law to carry a revolver in the glove compartment today without a permit.
BTW: My best friend had a pickup with a gun rack, and we'd use it for transporting our shotguns when we went bird hunting. (We were just country boys from northern Ohio.) While in the rack, we always left the chamber open just to make sure one of us had not inadvertently forgotten to unload. We wanted to make sure not to commit one of those irresponsible acts like carrying a loaded firearm around.
My dad taught me to do that and even to disassemble (AKA, remove) the barrel from our shotguns when in our car and keep them in the trunk while transporting them. It was easy to do and took only about 20 seconds with a Wingmaster. My dad and the NRA taught me that you can't be TOO safe.

Best,

RTD