cross country travel??

[OKFC05]

There is no case law I am aware of that limits stops in any way.

Brother, where have you been?
There have been major cases in IL, MD, NJ, NY, and MA regarding what constitutes travel status.

After the US AG under Bush sent out a policy letter, IL backed off on grabbing people at airports, but NY and NJ have not agreed to follow the Fed FOPA at all. There is still an open lawsuit about a UT man arrested in NJ because his plane was diverted from Philly.

While I was in MD, a group was arrested at a motel near me for staying the night in MD with guns in the trunk. The motel personnel turned them in. You can transport a firearm in MD only between specific locations, which makes it impossible to legally play tourist in MD with a gun anywhere in the car.

Based on the different interpretation of FOPA by various states, and the ones that just ignore it, it is vital to be fully knowledgeable of each state's law and policies when visiting.
You are on firm ground only if you are following the laws where you are. No other state gives a flip about your home state's laws. FOPA only covers an empty gun locked away while traveling between two legal locations.

 

[bk43]

Brother, where have you been?
There have been major cases in IL, MD, NJ, NY, and MA regarding what constitutes travel status.

After the US AG under Bush sent out a policy letter, IL backed off on grabbing people at airports, but NY and NJ have not agreed to follow the Fed FOPA at all. There is still an open lawsuit about a UT man arrested in NJ because his plane was diverted from Philly.

The case against Revell was dismissed by the prosecutor a few months after the incident. There have been follow-up damages actions by Revell et al that I don't know the status of which get into technical legal stuff.

You are going to have to cite examples of the other "major cases" you refer to as there aren't any AFAIK. In the end the transport law is a federal law and no state has the power to amend or limit it.

Bob

 

[OKFC05]

In the end the transport law is a federal law and no state has the power to amend or limit it.

I agree with you. However, One of the last cases in Circuit Court before now-SCOTUS Justice Sotomayor, she ruled that NY State can.

And, of course, they can always do what IL was doing: after the person got a lawyer and spent a few thousand dollars, they just dropped the case. No convictions, just harassment. Like the competitor I know from KY who had his competition equipment confiscated in IL because he had ammo in the same bag as the unloaded gun, and got it back months later after hiring an IL lawyer.
Or MA, where a competitor got out of an "illegal transport" charge only after he showed them his entry acceptance for the S&W IDPA Match. They told him they actually made a legal exception to their law for competitions within the state, but not for just everybody.

How about the GI going to McGuire whose guns were confiscated from his motor home which broke down?

Sure, there are few convictions, but to say there are no cases because they were later dismissed is ignoring the real possiblity of getting arrested, having guns confiscated, and spending a bundle on lawyers.
Then you can spend more money trying to sue if you want.