Interstate travel
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TheVision
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Don't get into an accident; you can go to prison for 15 months, for lawfully transporting your weapons, until it gets sorted out by the courts (original article has been archived by LexisNexis):
http://www.personaldefenseworld.com...knives-police-batons-protected-2nd-amendment/
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BSA1
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Regardless of whatever precautions you may take with locking your firearms and ammunition separately do NOTCONSENT to having your vehicle searched for ANY REASON.
You may even consider leaving your ammunition at home and buying it when you get to Vermont.
Be sure to carefully clean your vehicle interior and remove any loose rounds of ammunition and fired brass.
Wrapping some duck tape completely around your gun case(s) covering the locks and hinges is a good idea. This keep the locks and hinges on the case from breaking open if the case is dropped. In addition the officer can not claim the case was unlocked and opened with the gun(s) in plain view.
Cellphone videos, body and patrol car videos are documenting how often LEO's violate search and seizure laws.
The sad thing is illegal search and seizures cases are determined by the Courts requiring you to spend thousand's of dollars to a good defense attorney.
You may even consider leaving your ammunition at home and buying it when you get to Vermont.
Be sure to carefully clean your vehicle interior and remove any loose rounds of ammunition and fired brass.
Wrapping some duck tape completely around your gun case(s) covering the locks and hinges is a good idea. This keep the locks and hinges on the case from breaking open if the case is dropped. In addition the officer can not claim the case was unlocked and opened with the gun(s) in plain view.
Cellphone videos, body and patrol car videos are documenting how often LEO's violate search and seizure laws.
The sad thing is illegal search and seizures cases are determined by the Courts requiring you to spend thousand's of dollars to a good defense attorney.
AirForceShooter
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No gun stickers or decals on the car.
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NIGHTLORD40K
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Doesn't the GCA '68 say something about travellers on Federal Interstates are supposed to be exempt from state gun laws as long as long as they don't get off for more than guick meal and bathroom breaks?
Update: Sorry it was the FOPA, and its not a foolproof defense....https://www.nraila.org/articles/20150101/guide-to-the-interstate-transportation
Update: Sorry it was the FOPA, and its not a foolproof defense....https://www.nraila.org/articles/20150101/guide-to-the-interstate-transportation
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Sebastian the Ibis
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You can beat the charges but you can't beat the ride to the police station, arrest and destruction of your firearm. Cops are not obligated to know what the law is, unless it is "clearly established." The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals has specifically said that cops don't need to know about Federal Laws that preempt state gun laws. See Revell v. Port Authority of New York.
RickD427
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It's the Firearm Owner's Protection Act (FOPA) that is supposed to provide such protection. The text of the FOPA can be found at 18 USC 926A.
The problem with the FOPA is that it really has no "teeth". The Second Circuit has ruled that the FOPA does not provide any avenue of civil relief if violated. The FOPA may provide an affirmative defense to state law criminal charges, but forget about being able to sue anyone for your damages.
I have traveled many miles on the interstate highways of America with guns in the trunk of my car.over the last 20 years.
I have never had a problem of any kind nor have I been stopped by the police for any reason. We just hear of the one
really bad incident repeated over and over again.
I have relatives in NY state and NY city. if I was to travel there for a visit I would unarmed.
I have never had a problem of any kind nor have I been stopped by the police for any reason. We just hear of the one
really bad incident repeated over and over again.
I have relatives in NY state and NY city. if I was to travel there for a visit I would unarmed.
Dexter Winslett
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I go nowhere unarmed. Policed twenty five years in the ghetto. Always be armed. All free men. Always.
Easier said than done.
But it should go without saying that if you are traveling with a gun in an unfriendly state, obey the speed limits, remember to not tailgate, signal lane changes and make sure everything on your car is in working order.
Of course with all that said, I was once stopped for driving exactly the speed limit. The officer said that since everyone else was driving well over the speed limit, the fact I was driving the limit was suspicious because it made him think I was trying to not get stopped. I later came to think that was all a ruse so that he could take a long look (which he did) at my then-newly restored Plymouth Barracuda.
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