[Cboldt]

There should be no reason to have a CCW license for a piece of baggage. It's the same as mailing something at Federal Express.

There isn't [a need for CCW in order to check firearms as baggage]. The chief broke more than one law.

He broke the federal law that requires all firearms to be unloaded and declared, before being submitted for shipment in checked baggage.

He also broke the Michigan state law that requires handguns to be registered. (I think that law is still on the books). Again, this is not a registration of a person for carrying a concealead weapon, this is registration of the weapon to an owner, without the "right" to carry concealed. I'm not sure what triggers the obligation to register handguns to the Michigan authorities. Maybe Dan from MIchigan can summarize those requirements.

[Shooter 2.5]

I was commenting on this passage:

"Oliver does not have a concealed weapons permit to carry the .22-caliber handgun found in the baggage he checked for a Saturday flight to Philadelphia."

Leave it to the liberal press to write about something they have no clue. Also the .25 Auto somehow morphed into a .22 caliber.

[Dan from Michigan]

I think the registration law goes back to the 1920's. That's when most gun laws were passed. You can thank the KKK for a lot of that.

When I got my .45, I first had to go the Sheriff's office(some places go to local PD) to get a permit to purchase. Some places, that costs money, others do not. Livingston County wasn't a problem. I filled out a form, they called the FBI and I got the permit. It was almost like instacheck.

I then went to pick up the gun, showed the dealer the permit to purchase and got it. Then I went back to the Sheriff's office for the "safety inspection." I gave the desk clerk the gun and she gave it to the undersheriff(whom I know) and a few others. They pass the gun around in the back for about two minutes. (Hey, look at this!!) It passed, and I took the gun out the door.

If you bring a gun in from out of state, I know it has to be registered(er....safety inspection).

[Cobra Scott]

Don't forget that you or I would at least be investigated on suspicion of conspiracy to commit some crime. After all, honest citizens would not attempt to circumvent such laws without having darker intentions, right?