Traveling to the northeast with guns?

['79 Magnum GT]

Yes, all the above. Best to keep your guns home if you will be in NY. You can't buy ammo up here either. But you can buy components. They're expensive too. As far as gunshops go, there aren't anything worthwhile in and around Rochester. Maybe Buffalo or Syracuse. Where did you want to shoot them?

Rick

 

[Model29-26.5]

Shooting in VA or WV… I'll check

 

[paplinker]

If you plan on stopping in MD, NY and/or NJ, I would suggest you leave your firearms at home

That is some great advice!! I live 20 minutes away from both NY and NJ and would not dream of bringing a gun.

Even the wrong ammo in NJ can get you in a mess

 

[imashooter2]

There are laws that protect you when passing through other states…… BUT it sounds like NY and NJ are destinations. That's a problem. Long guns in NY ok. Handguns not ok.

There are, but NJ and Maryland are known to ignore the law when it comes to firearms in out of state vehicles. Would you win in court? Probably. For me, the odds aren't the problem. It's the stakes.

 

[chuckie]

Here is just one reason to stay out of Assachusetts if you have firearms.

GOAL was recently contacted by a woman whose fiancé was arrested for possession of firearms, one being a large capacity. The couple had been living in Arizona and had just returned to Massachusetts to live near family. For the most part they were living out of their car and short on money. To get back on their feet, they were trying to make some money doing food app deliveries. In doing so they were stopped by police for having an expired registration.

Because the car would have to be towed, the officer asked them to get what they needed out of the car. In the process, the officer said he noticed a "greenish" ammunition b0x and asked if there were guns in the car. The driver (Kyle) said yes and was subsequently arrested for possession of firearms without a license, one of them a large capacity.

He is now being detained without bail under the Commonwealth's dangerousness statute. The law allows citizens to be held without bail for mere possession of a firearm without a license for up to 120 days.

"The fact that a U.S. citizen can be detained without bail for exercising a civil right without government permission is unconscionable and unconstitutional," said Jim Wallace, Executive Director of GOAL. "Kyle is an Air Force veteran with no criminal record that we are aware of, yet he was declared dangerous by the state. If he was pulled over a few miles north in New Hampshire he would have only been charged with an unregistered vehicle."

Since the passage of Chapter 135, GOAL has desperately been warning non-residents, and potentially new residents, about the convoluted laws. Here is a perfect example of how Governor Healey's bigotry toward the Second Amendment Community is destroying lives.

GOAL is currently consulting with legal counsel to see if there is anything we can do. We are also reviewing the Commonwealth's dangerousness statute to consider filing legislation to amend it. Only prohibited persons or persons being arrested for a violent underlying offense should be considered potentially dangerous. Not an innocent citizen caught up in unconstitutional laws.

 

[SMSgt]

Not an issue for me. No way will I ever have any plans for visiting the NE. I live in FL. They all come to me to visit.

 

[Model29-26.5]

Here is just one reason to stay out of Assachusetts if you have firearms.

GOAL was recently contacted by a woman whose fiancé was arrested for possession of firearms, one being a large capacity. The couple had been living in Arizona and had just returned to Massachusetts to live near family. For the most part they were living out of their car and short on money. To get back on their feet, they were trying to make some money doing food app deliveries. In doing so they were stopped by police for having an expired registration.

Because the car would have to be towed, the officer asked them to get what they needed out of the car. In the process, the officer said he noticed a "greenish" ammunition b0x and asked if there were guns in the car. The driver (Kyle) said yes and was subsequently arrested for possession of firearms without a license, one of them a large capacity.

He is now being detained without bail under the Commonwealth's dangerousness statute. The law allows citizens to be held without bail for mere possession of a firearm without a license for up to 120 days.

"The fact that a U.S. citizen can be detained without bail for exercising a civil right without government permission is unconscionable and unconstitutional," said Jim Wallace, Executive Director of GOAL. "Kyle is an Air Force veteran with no criminal record that we are aware of, yet he was declared dangerous by the state. If he was pulled over a few miles north in New Hampshire he would have only been charged with an unregistered vehicle."

Since the passage of Chapter 135, GOAL has desperately been warning non-residents, and potentially new residents, about the convoluted laws. Here is a perfect example of how Governor Healey's bigotry toward the Second Amendment Community is destroying lives.

GOAL is currently consulting with legal counsel to see if there is anything we can do. We are also reviewing the Commonwealth's dangerousness statute to consider filing legislation to amend it. Only prohibited persons or persons being arrested for a violent underlying offense should be considered potentially dangerous. Not an innocent citizen caught up in unconstitutional laws.

Alrighty.
That makes my decision for me.
I may ship my guns to my friend in Virginia, but even after that I have to go through New Jersey in Maryland..

Think I'll leave them home

 

['79 Magnum GT]

Alrighty.
That makes my decision for me.
I may ship my guns to my friend in Virginia, but even after that I have to go through New Jersey in Maryland..

Think I'll leave them home

Outstanding choice! Don't take the risk of using your 2nd amendment right and have some liberal take it away forever. I hope everything goes smoothly on your trip with no hang ups. Be sure to let us know how you made out on your trip.

Rick

 

[Model29-26.5]

I guess I can ship them there and ship them back when I leave the state.
I will see

 

['79 Magnum GT]

I guess I can ship them there and ship them back when I leave the state.
I will see

Well now that sounds like a major pain in the ass. How much would that cost? I have no idea.

Rick

 

[Model29-26.5]

Well now that sounds like a major pain in the ass. How much would that cost? I have no idea.

Rick

I don't know… probably 70 bucks… maybe I just won't bother bringing them.

 

[Roofuss]

Wife and I were born and raised in New Germany { Jersey } but finally had enough and left in 1983....NEVER looked back.
My advice is leave your guns at home, or your trip could get VERY interesting, and expensive !

 

[Model29-26.5]

They will stay home.
No transporting. No shipping.
No shooting. No fun.

 

['79 Magnum GT]

They will stay home.
No transporting. No shipping.
No shooting. No fun.

A bummer but much safer that way.

Rick

 

[LVSteve]

It would never be fun to be the test case for interstate travel with guns. 1) it would be expensive for you, even with NRA type support; 2) don't assume that when you got your stuff back it had been looked after, assuming at some point they hadn't been torched.

 

[Greyman50]

Been a few years but some pistol team guys had to go to a match in NY. They had orders and their Army pistol boxes with unloaded pistols. They were told to just show their orders if they got stopped. Another case was a shooter had letters regarding the match with his name on them. He was told that there is a " lawful passage" that allows such to pass through the said states. Dont think I would want to try it nowdays. Regardless ,I'll never go past Va.

 

[ISCS Yoda]

if you plan on stopping in MD, NY and/or NJ, I would suggest you leave your firearms at home

I could write DITTO to much of the above. Don't do it.