So I'm transporting via Jet Blue...

[Catherine]

You can be nice and polite but that does not mean that you have to roll over and play dead (Example only!) to someone who may need to have the rules/regs EXPLAINED or TAUGHT to her when you ask to speak to her supervisor or boss.

Whether you are a gun owner or not... same deal. That goes for ANY situation.

The problem is some gun owners (Others too!) feel as if they have to accept a lower standard of service or treatment or KINDNESS from OTHERS in ANY job description just because they FEAR that they may offend someone or DARE to speak up/question because it may make 'gun owners' (Others too!) get a bad name or 'rap'. That could go for a non gun owner too. All of the political correctness STUFF in this day and age... whew... you can be NICE and KIND - show respect too. Respect goes BOTH ways.

I see THIS type of thread on all kinds of gun and political boards and in local, national and international news.

Good thread. Thanks!

Respectfully yours,

Catherine

 

[blackcash88]

That is ridiculous, you don't need a CCW to transport a firearm. I would have politely said no.

FOPA trumps CT law...

He'd still be screwed in CT because in my example, FOPA doesn't apply. He said you don't need a CCW permit, period, but that is not always the case. If you fly into CT as a destination and take possession of any handgun without a CT permit, you're guilty of a Class D felony IF you get caught. That said, I've flown into and out of Hartford with my CT permit and never been asked to show it when declaring handguns or picking up the bags but I sure wouldn't want to get "spot checked" without that permit. I used to work with a stubborn, hard headed, "I'm amurrican" type guy who was a new resident to CT and couldn't be bothered to get his permit because he was only "just going to the range" and he didn't need one from where he came from and he VERY mistakenly thought he didn't "need" one in CT "just for the range". I told him time and time again NOT to go to a shooting range because I checked into it when I first moved to CT and was told NOT to do it because undercover officers have been known to do spot checks. Most ranges also ask to see the permit before allowing anyone on the line and some have been known to get license plate numbers and call the state police for people that show up with handguns and no permit. Sure, it sucks, but ya gotta play by the rules...

Now, that southern born and bred "2nd amendment" bubba sits in jail awaiting trial for multiple felony accounts of illegal possession and transportation of handguns in the state of CT without the state permit to carry pistols and revolvers because he took his chances and got popped at the range. So, YES there are certainly times a permit is required to travel with handguns.

Remember, FOPA states that you must be LEGAL at the start AND end point of the journey. They guy I worked with in my case was legal at the start because when moving into CT, you can take the firearms straight to your house, but they can never leave again without that permit except for a few exceptions, like going to/from "formal training" and gunsmith for repair, but range target shooting is NOT "formal training". Hence, my ex co-worker was not legal at his destination. I know...I asked the Special Licensing and Firearms Unit what "formal training" meant. My ex co-worker did not listen to me and he's going to pay dearly for it... I know this isn't flying or interstate travel, but one cannot make a blanket statement like the one above that someone can transport firearms/handguns without a permit in all cases.

FOPA pre-empts state law and provides that if it is lawful for a traveller to possess firearms at both the points of departure and destination, then it is lawful to transport firearms anywhere in between during the course of travel – regardless of what local law says in the intervening states.

 

[akodo]

I see it as a balance. If you are rude and screaming how wrong they are etc etc you feed their stereotype of 'crazy gun nut'

On the other hand, if you meekly let them walk all over you, what is next? toss your guns in the garbage to appease them?


On a seperate note, i'd love to get a 'fake document' that says NAME: Akodo Lastname "Authorization of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms" in big bold print, and then in small print basic human right, enumerated by constitution. Acting authorizer Signature (my sig) Subsiquent authorizers (sigs of some of the founding fathers)

Of course it has no legal sway, but any time someone other than law enforcement says something, you respond 'That's okay, I am authorized' and flash that card

 

[bogie]

I think that pack those cards with the "Federal Firearms License" and "Concealed Carry Permit" badges.

Make sure you get the flip-open case.