Almost left my gun in the car

I was coming back from Virginia, where I can carry legally.

My car needed service so I took it to my Maryland garage.

I almost left without out retrieving it.  I had forgotten it was in there.  Well, not forgotten, per se.  Mis-remembered during car prep before taking the car there. 

Oh it was cased.

So walking home with a cased gun inside a plastic grocery bag in my state?  Well, if you can drive around with a cased gun, you can walk, I figure.

I saw no fewer than 5 police cars on my walk home.  I wasn't alarmed in the slightest.

What would have happened if I left the gun there for days?  Probably nothing.  My mechanic and shot is honest and doesn't root through the car to even steal change or whatnot.