If you know how to contact the NRA and SAF about this, please do so.Well, it'll rest on whether they found the stuff in his cab or in the truck bed. If he had the guns and ammo in the cab, he was not following the Federal law that protects him. I don't know enough about the law to know how that works out.
“Well, it'll rest on whether they found the stuff in his cab or in the truck bed. If he had the guns and ammo in the cab, he was not following the Federal law that protects him. I don't know enough about the law to know how that works out.”
In the cab would be all right if the guns were unloaded and the case were locked. That rule is made for vehicles that do not have a trunk to lock items in. If the police broke the lock on the gun case, it is another advantage for him. It does not appear to me that the police had probable cause to search the vehicle. I doubt that mere possession of ammunition is illegal, but Massachusetts may routinely violate people's rights for all I know.
I suspect he will end up paying a heavy price , one way or another. If he has kept his mouth shut, he may come out on top and win a court settlement, but he will have to be smart about it. He may be, it does not say anything about consent to search or a confession.