A responsible gun owner today, especially one that engages in interstate travel cannot neglect the impact of his carelessness, period.
A responsible gun owner shouldn't have to leave his constitutional rights at the state border.
Actually, I suspect that this might be a good case for SCOTUS.
It is a Constitutional right, a 2nd Amendment right. This means that the states cannot make laws that eliminate that right. A person should be able to travel anywhere within the U.S. and not be arrested for traveling with a gun.
The powers enumerated for the Federal Government cannot be abrogated by the several States.
I thought conservatives were for fighting to regain our constitutional rights? What exactly are saying?
I traveled from my home in Virginia to my parents’ home in Pennsylvania recently. My route took me through Maryland for about two miles - less than five minutes’ time spent in the state. My carry permit is honored in PA and WVa, but not Maryland.
To comply with the law I must stop somewhere in WVA (there’s nowhere near the border that’s convenient to stop), store the gun in a Maryland approved fashion, then later when I reach PA (and again there’s nowhere convenient within half an hour and “convenient” here means “gas station parking lot where anyone can see”) re-arm. Or make the entire trip with my gun locked away. Which kind of defeats the point of having it.
It’s absolutely ludicrous.
Remember this story?
Apparently even legally owning a gun and leaving it at home hundreds of miles away still qualifies for a severe flogging by the jack-boots...
Yep. Here's a really good 5 minute video on the topic.
Agreed. I tire of the “accident” BS. If you are not aware at all times where your weapons are, then too dam bad.