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
