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Seriously, does ANYONE on this thread feel warm and comfy with the idea of travelling to or from NY state with a handgun without bothering to read the laws? Is anyone here that stupid?
LEOSA/HR218 people ?
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Seriously, does ANYONE on this thread feel warm and comfy with the idea of travelling to or from NY state with a handgun without bothering to read the laws? Is anyone here that stupid?
Let's not forget that the Tea Party is also violent (ahem..) and racist (ahem..).
He was in fact, in violation of the law because he possessed a weapon in a place he was forbidden to by local law.
FOPA requires that you must be allowed to posess a weapon at your start and end point. Since his return flight was FROM NY and he didn't have a NY permit, he was in violation of the law and FOPA isn't going to help him.
I just moved back here a year ago after 8 years in Massachusetts. I traveled to and through NY state quite a lot. This isn't new information. It's very well settled law. The guy was a clambag for not bothering to know the law. This isn't obscure, it's pretty well known.
It sucks that he's busted and NY has insane gun laws. But they are pretty easy to acess and read. If you're traveling out of state with firearms and don't bother to read up on the laws of the places you're going to be traveling to and through, you're a tool.
Seriously, does ANYONE on this thread feel warm and comfy with the idea of travelling to or from NY state with a handgun without bothering to read the laws? Is anyone here that stupid?
Why does the left absolutely HATE diversity(of opinion)?
LEOSA/HR218 people ?
There's no way I'd take a gun to states like NY or CA without some research. I have no desire to be charged with a felony due to asinine firearms laws. I research the laws anyplace I go.
When I drive to NV or AZ, I avoid CA because of their laws. I could lock up things and use the protections afforded through FOPA but I'd prefer not to go that route. All of CA's neighbors have superior firearms laws.
December 16, 2011
Tea Party Patriots leader arrested at airport for checking in lawful pistol
Tea Party Patriots co-founder Mark Meckler was arrested at an airport in New York City on Thursday after he attempted to check-in a locked gun box holding his Glock 27 pistol and ammunition to a Delta Airlines ticket agent.
According to authorities and his attorney, Meckler, 49, holds a concealed-carry permit for the Glock 27 pistol at home in California, but not in New York where he was attempting to board the plane. As a result, he was arrested and charged with a felony.
"Before leaving home, passengers should acquaint themselves with the weapon laws of the jurisdiction that they are visiting and comply with any and all legal requirements if they choose to travel with a weapon," Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown said.
"Otherwise, they may find themselves being arrested and charged with a felony – as is what occurred in this case," he said.
Attorney Brian Stapleton of Goldberg, Segalla, LLP said Meckler was only attempting to follow TSA rules for checking in a firearm when he was arrested.
"While in temporary transit through the state of New York in possession of an unloaded, lawful firearm that was locked in a TSA-approved safe, he legally declared his possession of the firearm in his checked baggage at the ticket counter as required by law and in a manner approved by TSA and the airline, yet was arrested by port authority for said possession," Stapleton said.
Meckler was arraigned Thursday in Queens Criminal Court and charged with second degree criminal possession of a weapon, a Class C felony.
Meckler was released Thursday. He has a court date set for Jan. 12, 2012.
Brown said Meckler, a well-known person in the tea party movement, told authorities he keeps the pistol with him because he gets threats.
Tea Party | Concealed Carry | Felony | The Daily Caller
You mean people that are acquainted with the law? I rest my case.
Listen, I used to drive many miles out of my way to avoid NJ. They are bad about honoring FOPA and LEOSA even when you're in total compliance. Same goes for Chicago and NYC.
Got any info to support such claim ?
Traveling Man's Gun Arrest Appealed To Supreme Court | Fox News
Summary...
Guy travels (via airplane) from Utah to Pennsylvania. Gets delayed in New Jersey. Flight canceled, he grabs his bags and gets a hotel. Tries to check in the next day for the replacement flight, gets arrested for having a firearm in New Jersey without a NJ license.
Took him three years to get his gun back. Spent 10-days in jail as well.
Did you need another example, or is this one good enough to agree with Misterbill on this one point?
Doesn't the fact that a local government can override your basic constitutional right give you a warm a fuzzy feeling?
How long before some of these places have prohibitions on some form on free speech? Don't laugh at that thought. Try being a college student and have a vocal anti-gay position (amongst others) and see how long it takes for the college to threaten you with explosion. Give that campus precedent some time and it will seep into the general population.
It was some TP demonstrators that shouted invectives and spit on black Congressmen.
I doubt it happened, but even if it did at least they did not poop on police cars and completely trash cities. Do you really want to compare TP demonstrators to those on your side?
The race card? Really?
Cool.