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You can legally put it anywhere you want as long as it is concealed. The Law does not make any destinction about secure until bad things happen & a lot of bad things can happen when your gun is on the seat covered w/ a towel.

You are one sudden stop from having that gun in the floor board uncovered. One rearend collision on the freeway from being hurt & cannot get to it to secure it before someone coming to help finds it. Lots of Qs from LEO then & not many good A's. One flat tire at highway speed that puts you off the shoulder at 50mph reaching for a gun w/ one hand, trying to control w/ one, & from there you can fill in this blank w/ anything that can happen & none are good.
For someone new at carry only one fuel stop after getting comfortable & fogetting you dont have it holstered from having your gun on the seat & not w/ you. If we who have carried long term forget it is there until needed, you that are new can forget it is not there when that is what you are used to. Unholstered may be legal but more things can happen that are not good than can be listed.
Buy a comfortable holster & keep it secure on you. Too many of us drive many miles armed comfortably to know it is very doable.