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Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Carry a Gun While Traveling: Federal Safe Passage and Transport Across State Lines
Today’s questions: How can you travel across states lines with a gun? How do you have to store the firearm? What is considered "traveling?" What is the federal safe passage law? The Armed Attorneys break down the gun law that applies to the safe passage provisions of the Firearm Owner's Protection Act and legally travelling with a gun.
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Yes....this law should protect you. If you have the dough to hire an attorney to defend you in court using this law after some badgemonkey ignores it and busts you anyway.
ReplyDeleteEvery year I buy the updated edition of "Traveler's Guide to the Firearm Laws of the Fifty States" by J. Scott Kappas. Highly recommended.
ReplyDeleteI also have a CCW insurance coverage, and that card is in my wallet next to my local attorney's card. Like Dan above, "How much justice can you afford?"
But there are little loopholes to trip you up. Like having JHP in New Jersey. I am not sure what it is in Massachusetts but I am sure they have more than one to cause problems.
ReplyDeleteDon't forget, some ammo is banned in many of those states. They may not be able to get you on the gun, but those hollow point round may be good for x years each.
ReplyDeleteDennis the librarian shusher
I got a surprise in St. Louis, returning to Houston. The baggage check people manhandled my locked pistol case, and managed to pull the gun out. I had to escalate to a manager to remind them it was a return flight, and no one objected to the case on the way up.
ReplyDeleteApparently, the TSA makes the baggage people do the checking, and some are over-zealous.
They put it in the bag and I got home and I'll retire that case.
When I traveled with mine from KC to Greenville SC, when I checked in at KC, the baggage clerk had me unlock it to show it was unloaded and the magazine was out, I locked it back up and they loaded it on the plane. When I got to Greenville, I had to go to the "lost baggage" office to pick it up. Again went through the procedure of unlocking it, checking that my firearm was in the same shape as when I checked it in and that was it.
DeletePut in a claim on the damaged pistol case.
DeleteThe baggage check people are airline employees
so the airline is responsible for damage to luggage.
As tsquared and Dennis mentioned, the devil can be in the details. Even when respected, the FOPA only applies to firearms. It does not apply to ammo, and it does not apply to magazines. So get caught in NJ with a 17 round magazine of hollow points, and you'll face a total of 18 charges - one for the magazine greater than 10 rounds and one for each of the hollow point cartridges. Your pistol might be considered legal under FOPA, but it also may be deemed illegal since you have stopped (even though it's the police that stopped you!). Bastiges!
ReplyDeleteAnd NY takes the position that position of an AR -15 in the trunk of your car is illegal even if technically covered by FOPA, so they seize it, arrest you and make you fight it in court. Again, Bastiges!
Wasn't the entire reason for FOPA the states of New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts?
DeleteAnd they still get away with that shit.
Good information, in addition to the cautions. I'm about to undertake my own relocation journey and this basic knowledge is invaluable. Thanks, Kenny.
ReplyDeleteYou should have a Gun Store with a FFL in both departure and destination states, bring the firearms to them and have them arrange the transport to the destination state.
ReplyDeleteThey can't arrest you if you ain't carrying it with you. Well worth the money.
Finally! The correct answer.
DeleteSucks but jail and massive legal fees are much worse.
They make all these laws for a reason - to FUK us. Just read up the comments, proves my point.
First rule - don't play their game.
ch
Well I've always just keep it out of the way unless I needed it when traveling, that worked for 20 years.
ReplyDeleteI've never flew with a weapon before and since I quit flying about 5 years ago I'm not going to do it now.
I do love the series of information clips they put out though I wish they would host attorneys from other states they have offices in, not everyone lives in or wants to live in Texas
JD
"The law is an ass"
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I'm thinkin here, the best solution would be to flic-the-bic & torch the works, start afresh with every elected offal mandatorily summarizing the Constitution, Declaration, and Bill of rights before being allowed to participate in their elected office. With regards to the 2nd explaining just how guns kill people. Same way cars kill people without drivers, and knives attack people, and balloons get filled with air.
ReplyDeleteI know of rocks with higher IQ's than the entirety of congress.
I don't give 2 shits what their laws are.
ReplyDeleteRoger that. I've reached the age where I fully appreciate the meaning of the phrase "I'd rather be tried by twelve than carried by six."
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