New Jersey – -(AmmoLand.com)- In the midst of an already shaky legislative session both politically and socially speaking, bills are still being introduced in dribs and drabs. There is a lot of doom and gloom in both arenas, as we as Americans, try to wrap our heads around recent events. Some things are business as usual, and really, given the history of this proposed bill, it should not be…The passage of this bill is long overdue.
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I knew that the Interstate Transportation law allowed us to carry a firearm across gun-hostile states without danger of prosecution. What I didn't know was they could still arrest you if you stopped for gas, food, or overnight lodging.
Personally I just keep as uninteresting as possible when traveling and do my best to avoid communist states if possible
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I had to educate a nice lady from Las Vegas at a Central Texas pistol match last weekend. She was going to visit a friend in upstate New York in a few weeks and planning to take her match rig with Glock and 5 hi cap magazines. No way, I told her. I've been spending a month of summer up there every year for the last ten years and I've looked at doing that from every angle and have concluded that it's just not worth the risk to take any kind of handgun to New York.
ReplyDeleteSummers upstate are a very pleasant memory. From long, long ago. No longer worth visiting, or even passing through. I do miss some specific areas but I'll never go there again.
DeleteI had a guy who travels from Florida to the northeast frequently tell me that if you get pulled over on an interstate in a one of the states that is not gun friendly, and the officer asks you to go to the next exit and find a parking lot to pull over, in order to get off of the shoulder of a busy interstate, politely refuse to do so. I don't know if it is true, but he said they could not arrest you as long as you stayed on the interstate, but if you followed the officers instructions to proceed to the next exit and got off of the interstate, they could then arrest you.
ReplyDeleteIt isn't true. Jurisdiction does change, ability to arrest doesn't change.
DeleteTheoretically, you are allowed to travel into the sucky states for participation in organized shoots or competitions and stay overnight, stop to pee, etc. as long as you don't have anything that would be considered illegal in the sucky state with you. Theoretically. We all know some of the sucky states will try to jam you up however they can. And you better be able to prove that is the purpose of your trip, like say a match bulletin and copies of communication with the match director approving your participation, copies of preregistration for the event, etc. Which the powers that be and/or the a$$hole storm trooper with the handcuffs may or may not pay any attention to whatsoever.
ReplyDeleteThere have been people traveling with a firearm whose flights were diverted into New York Effing City for an emergency landing who found themselves jammed up when the diversion turned into an overnight stay and the storm troopers took notice of their checked firearm either at baggage claim or when they came back to check in for the continuation of their flight the next day.
And I have zero expectation this will pass. Like the Hearing Protection Act, this should have been done early in Trump's term. Another reason to believe the Republican Party does not have your best interests at heart.
After the 19th, get name and badge number and then turn the offending officer into FEMA. FEMA will be in charge of the fedgov and Trump will be in charge of the DC National Guard from what I hear.
DeleteTell FEMA about the group of commies in the county, in the State where you were treated so badly. The commie round-up will take some time and they will need our help in finding each and every commie POS.
Making it illegal doesn’t mean they can’t still do it. It just means you have the option of pursuing highly expensive legal action with a low probability of seeing justice done.
ReplyDeleteIt shouldn’t be illegal to travel from point a) to point b) with a legally registered firearm and legally stowed. Period. I don’t care what state it is.
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