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CCW in the Washington DC area
Thanks for reading this post. I will be traveling to Washington DC in a week. I will mostly be in the Georgetown University area. What are the laws for CCW like in that area? I suspect this is probably not a go, but wanted to be sure. I have a South Carolina CWP.
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They don't honor anyone else's permit it looks like to me . I just checked it out .
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Greetings from NoVa sir - as long as South Carolina has reciprocity with Virginia - then you should be fine ... but only in Virginia. I'm not 100% certain, but I'm 99% sure you cannot take a handgun into DC itself. That's a little tricky since Reagan Airport is considered part of DC - hopefully you are flying into Dulles. Virginia CC rules are typical - no public/gov't buildings, schools or churches. I don't drink so I'm not sure about alcohol - so I would refrain from carrying into a lounge or bar. Since you are out of state, if you are stopped, I would notify up front. I assume you've already been to HandgunLaw.us - but here is the PDF just in case:
http://handgunlaw.us/states/virginia.pdf
HandgunLaw.us says Virginia honors all other states - but it's just a website - you may want to do some additional research as the other poster commented that VA does not honor other states. His statement was true for several months last year - but I believe that has changed. Probably my most important comment: do not even think about driving one inch into Maryland with a handgun. They scan plates for CC holders from other states and will stop you - one confirmed case last year for a person from Florida.
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DC is as communist and anti 2A as you can get.... oh the irony
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I checked with the wife. We will be staying in DC. I guess this is a no go.
So let me make sure I understand the situation in Maryland. Suppose I drive through that state in my truck with SC license plates. I have my pistol. I have no intention to stop in Maryland for diesel or food or whatever. You are telling me that I can be pulled over by the state police and found to be in violation of Maryland law?
The gun laws in SC are really well thought out IMHO.
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I wouldn't bring anything into DC or MD unless you are covered under LEOSA or similar.
Reagan National Airport is in Virginia though so no problem there.
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So let me make sure I understand the situation in Maryland.
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I'm another CCer from SC who frequently travels to the northeast, and the Maryland border is the "Iron Curtain" for me. If I'm crossing the Maryland border, I leave the "Iron" home.
You can legally carry to within 1/4 mile of Georgetown, on the Virginia side of the Key Bridge. If your driving up, there is no need to transit Maryland, to get to Georgetown.
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I see. I didn't realize it was that bad up there.
It makes me sad that all these liberal Yankees are moving down here. Soon we will have laws like those states.
Thanks to all for replying.
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I didn't mean to sound like I am anti-Virginia - not at all. If you come up here without a firearm, no problem at all if you are cautious and maintain your situational awareness IMO. Needless to say, stay away from Walmarts, stop and robs and unlit parking lots. Old Town Alexandria is very nice, I have been down there many times and have had zero problems - lotsa great places to eat.
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VA honors every state licenses except Vermont. MD Does not honor any states license except it's own. D.C. Does not honor any state license and does not issue licenenes to anyone.
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Thanks to all for your replies. I will leave my revolver at home. My nephew is graduating from law school in Georgetown. I plan to enjoy my visit there but I dislike being anywhere I can't carry. I guess I am paranoid.
However, I had an "issue" about four years ago in a grocery store parking lot. I experienced another "issue" last year in a bank lobby. I did not need to deploy my revolver in either situation but I found it's presence extremely comforting. During the bank "issue", I got to see some bank employees looking and acting very uncomfortable until law enforcement showed up. Evidently the drive up tellers were trained to look for trouble headed their way from the parking lot. I was amazed at how fast they could lock the place down.
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Unless you fall under LEOSA better leave the gun at home. If you do, get your paperwork, and qualification in order before you go.
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I checked with the wife. We will be staying in DC. I guess this is a no go.
So let me make sure I understand the situation in Maryland. Suppose I drive through that state in my truck with SC license plates. I have my pistol. I have no intention to stop in Maryland for diesel or food or whatever. You are telling me that I can be pulled over by the state police and found to be in violation of Maryland law?
The gun laws in SC are really well thought out IMHO.
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yes unless it is locked separate from the ammo and both are inaccessible to the occupants. If you spend the night in MD you are considered a resident, and therefore subject to the more onerous gun laws they have. They're among the strictest anti gun states. I moved from there to NC 😎
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The gun laws in SC are really well thought out IMHO.
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Same in DC. Both governments achieved what they intended to achieve.
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Same in DC. Both governments achieved what they intended to achieve.
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Yes, DC, MD, NJ, and NY managed to neutralize the Federal FOPA. FOPA says you can transport your firearm on a continuous journey through any state, but these say, well, when we pull you over, you've stopped, so FOPA does not apply and our state laws say you can't have your gun with you. And the FEDERAL 4TH CIRCUIT COURT HAS RULED IN THEIR FAVOR AGAINST FEDERAL LAW. The 4th circuit also ruled that MD can ban any firearm that has a military purpose, or looks like one that does.
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Don't leave any articles in plain sight in your parked car in DC.
Even in the daytime.
Even if its a $5 pair of chinese sunglasses.
Anything at all will be classified as a "prohibited weapon" if the investigating officer feels you used it for an "unlawful" purpose. You will be charged with Possession of a Prohibited Weapon (subsection B) of the DC Code. For instance, you could be charged with PPW (bottle).
DC Code - SS 22–4514. Possession of certain dangerous weapons prohibited; exceptions.
Use Waze at all times while driving in DC. Otherwise, I can just about GUARANTEE you will earn a $100-minimum photo radar ticket. The camera on K street under Washington Circle (25 mph limit) hands out about EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS worth of tickets each year all by itself. That's before you count the tickets handed out by the other radar cameras and red-light cameras. They are in all the "gotcha" spots and in none of the spots where dangerous speeding is a genuine public hazard.
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if you are travelling through DC or MD you are covered by federal interstate firearms transportation laws (see U S code 18, 926a) but that's it. Read 926a and adhere strictly to it because DC and MD don't mess around. As long as you meet the requirements of 926a you should be fine.
I live about 5 miles outside of MD and I travel through MD pretty often with a firearm, I just make sure I'm compliant with 926a, same goes for DC. If I'm stopping in either DC or MD I don't go armed, PERIOD.
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Yes, DC, MD, NJ, and NY managed to neutralize the Federal FOPA. FOPA says you can transport your firearm on a continuous journey through any state, but these say, well, when we pull you over, you've stopped, so FOPA does not apply and our state laws say you can't have your gun with you. And the FEDERAL 4TH CIRCUIT COURT HAS RULED IN THEIR FAVOR AGAINST FEDERAL LAW. The 4th circuit also ruled that MD can ban any firearm that has a military purpose, or looks like one that does.
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I disagree with almost all of this ∆∆∆
I would like to see these court rulings.
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Don't leave any articles in plain sight in your parked car in DC.
Even in the daytime.
Even if its a $5 pair of chinese sunglasses.
Anything at all will be classified as a "prohibited weapon" if the investigating officer feels you used it for an "unlawful" purpose. You will be charged with Possession of a Prohibited Weapon (subsection B) of the DC Code. For instance, you could be charged with PPW (bottle).
DC Code - SS 22–4514. Possession of certain dangerous weapons prohibited; exceptions.
Use Waze at all times while driving in DC. Otherwise, I can just about GUARANTEE you will earn a $100-minimum photo radar ticket. The camera on K street under Washington Circle (25 mph limit) hands out about EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS worth of tickets each year all by itself. That's before you count the tickets handed out by the other radar cameras and red-light cameras. They are in all the "gotcha" spots and in none of the spots where dangerous speeding is a genuine public hazard.
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Sounds like NO ONE should ever go to DC. I know I will not be visiting DC anytime soon.
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I see. I didn't realize it was that bad up there.
It makes me sad that all these liberal Yankees are moving down here. Soon we will have laws like those states.
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Sorry to disillusion you friend, we are trying to get rid of as many of them as we can, but as far as I know, none are going to Maryland or DC, it got the way it is with your own folks, you know, from south of the Mason Dixon line.
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I disagree with almost all of this ∆∆∆
I would like to see these court rulings.
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They are in NRA-ILA. Example:
A few days after this decision, the Fourth Circuit, clearly on a roll, ended its three-decision trifecta with a spectacular flourish in Kolbe v. Hogan – a decision upholding a Maryland ban on “assault weapons” and large capacity magazines because the banned assault weapons and magazines are arms that are beyond the reach or protection of the Second Amendment. (To read more about the Kolbe decision, please click here.)
MD transport law:
Carrying and Transportation in Vehicles
It is unlawful for any person without a permit to wear or carry a handgun, openly or concealed, upon or about his person. It is also unlawful for any person to knowingly transport a handgun in any vehicle traveling on public roads, highways, waterways or airways, or upon roads or parking lots generally used by the public. This does not apply to any person wearing, carrying or transporting a handgun within the confines of real estate owned or leased by him, or on which he resides, or within the confines of a business establishment owned or leased by him.
A person may transport a handgun if they can demonstrate that the handgun is being carried, worn or transported: - To or from a place of legal purchase or sale, or repair shop;
- Between a person’s bona fide residences, or between his residence and place of business, if the business is operated and substantially owned by that person;
- While engaged in, or traveling to and from a target shoot, formal or informal target practice, sport shooting event, hunting, trapping, or dog obedience training class or show; or
- By a bona fide gun collector who is moving any part or all of his gun collection from place to place for public or private exhibition.
NOTE THERE IS NO LEGAL PROVISION FOR TRANSPORTING UNDER ANY OTHER CONDITIONS, SUCH AS TOURISTS VISITING IN MD.
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They are in NRA-ILA. Example:
A few days after this decision, the Fourth Circuit, clearly on a roll, ended its three-decision trifecta with a spectacular flourish in Kolbe v. Hogan – a decision upholding a Maryland ban on “assault weapons” and large capacity magazines because the banned assault weapons and magazines are arms that are beyond the reach or protection of the Second Amendment. (To read more about the Kolbe decision, please click here.)
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Carrying and Transportation in Vehicles
It is unlawful for any person without a permit to wear or carry a handgun, openly or concealed, upon or about his person. It is also unlawful for any person to knowingly transport a handgun in any vehicle traveling on public roads, highways, waterways or airways, or upon roads or parking lots generally used by the public. This does not apply to any person wearing, carrying or transporting a handgun within the confines of real estate owned or leased by him, or on which he resides, or within the confines of a business establishment owned or leased by him.
A person may transport a handgun if they can demonstrate that the handgun is being carried, worn or transported: - To or from a place of legal purchase or sale, or repair shop;
- Between a person’s bona fide residences, or between his residence and place of business, if the business is operated and substantially owned by that person;
- While engaged in, or traveling to and from a target shoot, formal or informal target practice, sport shooting event, hunting, trapping, or dog obedience training class or show; or
- By a bona fide gun collector who is moving any part or all of his gun collection from place to place for public or private exhibition.
NOTE THERE IS NO LEGAL PROVISION FOR TRANSPORTING UNDER ANY OTHER CONDITIONS, SUCH AS TOURISTS VISITING IN MD.
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I think you need to do more research. You will find out that high capacity mags are not illegal to own or possess in MD, only to buy and sell.
And U.S. code 18, 926a Interstate firearms transportation, specifically overrules state law.
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I think you need to do more research. You will find out that high capacity mags are not illegal to own or possess in MD, only to buy and sell.
And U.S. code 18, 926a Interstate firearms transportation, specifically overrules state law.
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FEDERAL LAW ON TRANSPORTATION OF FIREARMS
A provision of the federal law known as the Firearms Owners’ Protection Act, or FOPA, protects those who are transporting firearms for lawful purposes from local restrictions which would otherwise prohibit passage.
Under FOPA, notwithstanding any state or local law, a person is entitled to transport a firearm from any place where he or she may lawfully possess and carry such firearm to any other place where he or she may lawfully possess and carry it, if the firearm is unloaded and locked out of reach. In vehicles without a trunk, the unloaded firearm must be in a locked container other than the glove compartment or console. Ammunition that is either locked out of reach in the trunk or in a locked container other than the glove compartment or console is also covered.
Travelers should be aware that some state and local governments treat this federal provision as an “affirmative defense” that may only be raised after an arrest. All travelers in areas with restrictive laws would be well advised to have copies of any applicable firearm licenses or permits, as well as copies or printouts from the relevant jurisdictions’ official publications or websites documenting pertinent provisions of law (including FOPA itself) or reciprocity information. In the event of an unexpected or extended delay, travelers should make every effort not to handle any luggage containing firearms unnecessarily and to secure it in a location where they do not have ready access to it.
I am not a lawyer, and the above is from the NRA-ILA lawyers. Additional information is posted on the NRA-ILA website for any who wish to seek authoritative information on transportation of firearms across state lines.
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This sounds like traveling to a foreign country. Down here I carry my S&W 649 about everywhere except into the post office. I will not be moving North any time soon.
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DC, NYC and Chicago, three cities I will not visit once I retire. I have visited all three in the last few years. My duty gun sure felt more more "necessary" off-duty there than it does at home. Since I won't be interested in any LEOSA hassles in retirement, I will not be spending any travel dollars in those areas.
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You can own a hi cap mag in Md if you owned it before the ban took effect.
Or, you purchased it out of state and transported it into the state personally.In other words no mail order.
You cannot purchased a hi cap magazine in Maryland but you can go out of state PA, DE, VA or WV and remove the magazine block that limits it capacity to 10 round or less or purchase one. Magazines are blocked to ten rounds in Maryland when the gun is purchased but the block (a stick or dowel rod)is non permanent.
Makes perfect sense???
No permit carry, unless you are a Doctor, Lawyers like Judges, DA's,Public Defenders , victim of crime and may be again, carry large amount of cash, gold, diamonds and so on. Self defense is not a legit reason. So thats, Maryland my Maryland.
DC is worse, only Police, FBI, Secret Service, Congress, Judges or a Felons can carry.
My advise is, drive to VA rent a hotel room with a safe, put the gun in safe go to GT for the graduation and then go get the gun a good night sleep and go home...MD and DC, DONT CARRY!
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If it were me I just leave it home and just watch your six at all time, I was there years ago so I do know to much about it now.
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DC has more red-light or speed cameras than you can count. There is some signage, but usually so close to the actual device that its too late before you can react.
Maryland has relatively few speed cameras, and they tend to be well-marked, well in advance of the actual location. Not sure about Maryland's red light cameras.
Virginia forbids any use of speed cameras. Some localities have red light cameras.
Waze is your friend - although in the urban areas it constantly is spewing the "vehicle stopped on shoulder" warning. I wish there was a way to turn that off. Otherwise, Waze is very good about warning of fixed-location speed cameras and red light cameras.
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