Glad to know you are an expert on US firearms laws. BTW if you get caught with a pistol in Massachusetts (non resident) it is an automatic 10 year prison term. Reciprocal CCW permits are fine in the states agreeing to them, but you can find yourself in a world of trouble passing through others. The US has a mishmash of conflicting laws about handguns. Even the federal laws are not all in sync with each other. Enforcement also varies from place to place whatever the local laws may actually say. There are states where it is legal to own a handgun but against he law to buy one, and others where you can legally buy one but not legally own it. Some states have "shall issue" CCW others do not allow concealed carry under any circumstances, while some of those actually allow open carry, and most of those who issue CCW's disallow your showing the concealed weapon even if they allow open carry. The whole issue is idiotic in the extreme.
If you choose to haul a handgun around with you here, you are taking chances with your liberty unless you have done some very serious research on the matter beforehand. Most who have done that and still choose to carry, simply keep their mouth shut about it as any smart lawbreaker would. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" ----------------------------------- Adam Maas wrote: > ROFLMFAO. That is so utterly incorrect that it's laughable. > > It is perfectly legal to transport a pistol across state lines in the > United States. Law Enforcement Officials actually have no extra standing > when outside their jurisdiction with respect to transporting firearms. > In fact if you have a CCW and both states are CCW states you can carry > it loaded on your person as long as you aren't flying (And the only > restriction there is by the TSA and Airlines). Transporting it via > airlines merely requires that it be unloaded, in a locked case in > locked, checked luggage and that you inform the ticketing agent of that > the firearm is in the luggage and stored correctly. > > The last time I was in the US for a convention(2 weeks ago), numerous > American friends of mine who were also attending brought their carry > weapons (And various other firearms, we are the most heavily armed fen) > to the convention site (Chattanooga), traveling via air and driving. And > we had people come in from as far away as Boston and Salt Lake City(the > latter did indeed arrive unarmed, but only because it was a last minute > trip). > > In fact I can transport a pistol into the US and throughout the US as > long as I fill out the necessary Authorization to Transport (Canadian > form, required for transporting a restricted weapon) and BATF paperwork > (to get over the border). > > The only places in the US where you can't legally own a pistol are > Chicago and NYC (It is possible, but difficult to get the necessary > permit in the latter city) and both are in violation of Federal Law and > the Constitution, I know there are at least two legal challenges to the > Chicago restriction currently in the court system. > > -Adam > > graywolf wrote: >> BAD IDEA! >> >> You can go to prison for transporting the pistol across state lines. The >> only ones who could do that safely are legally recognized law >> enforcement personnel. And they might have problems if they tried to >> take it into other countries. Also some states can lock you up for >> merely bring the thing into the state. (If you can prove you are on your >> way to a legal target shooting event, you may be able to get around some >> of this stuff, but the burden of proof would be on you). Welcome to the >> land of the, formerly, free. >> >> Of course the terrorists who want to transport their weapons with them >> merely charter a business jet, as do any others who wish to avoid the >> long security lines at the airlines. All of this stuff is making the >> biz-jet manufactures and charterers rich. >> > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
