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concealed weapons interstate travel???

AK fanAK fan Member Posts: 2 ✭✭
edited January 2002 in General Discussion
does anyone know if there is a law protecting you if you drive across state lines with a concealed weapon? for instance if i drive from Virgina to PA i cross maryland and west virgina. i have a permit for virgina but does maryland have to honor it? i asked a virgina state trooper once and he said it would be up to the cop who pulled me over. that dosen't make me feel to comfortable. what if he had a bad day and wanted to take it out on someone. i know (some) truckers carry a firearm so are they just taking chances or are there laws that protect them? anyone that can help thanks
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  • oneshyoneshy Member Posts: 417 ✭
    edited November -1
    No, your CCW is not honored in other states unless those states have an inter-state agreement, which Kentucky has done with 2 other states. Can't remember which. Truckers who carry are taking their chances.
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  • timberbeasttimberbeast Member Posts: 1,738 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I cannot take a handgun into an adjoining state without committing a felony.That's all I'm saying!
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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Title 18 of the United States Code permits interstate transportation of firearms (including handguns) so long as you may legally possess that firearm at your point of origin and at your point of destination. However, you must abide by the laws governing the transport of those firearms as they change from state to state. For example, I am required to have my shotgun cased in Iowa while I am driving to Nebraska to hunt pheasant. However, that shotgun must be visible and NOT cased when I enter Nebraska. Know the laws of the states in which you plan to travel. Abide by them.
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  • 7mm_ultra_mag_is_king7mm_ultra_mag_is_king Member Posts: 676 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Truckers who do not carry are taking chances
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  • nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,078 ******
    edited November -1
    Don't ask---Don't tell.NEVER consent to a search.If you have to pull it out, the consequences of carrying are secondary.
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  • beantolebeantole Member Posts: 1,086 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I agree with Nunn....don't ask don't tell and never consent to a search. Also, states like Missouri and Arkansas have "journey laws" which allow a person on a journey through the state to lawfully carry a firearm in his car while on the journey. A "journey" is defined as something other than your usual route of travel, say, like a trip from Little Rock to Springfield, Missouri.
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  • LowriderLowrider Member Posts: 6,587
    edited November -1
    I ride my bike all over the country and am never without Mr. Glock, although this year, assuming he likes to travel by motorcycle, it could very well be Mr. Para-Ordnance. I even ride into the gated community of Kalifornia. I don't attract attention to myself by going 100 mph or other, just-asking-for-it, high-profile activities. I've never been searched by the cops, or even stopped. If a situation arises where I feel the need to show my pistol the light of day, violation of another state's carry laws will be the least of my concerns.
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  • ref44ref44 Member Posts: 251 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    As to advising an officer that you have a weapon, it is required by Texas law that a CHL holder (with a handgun) so notify the officer at the time he asks for ID. Failure to do so CAN result in suspension of your license. The officer has the option to physically remove the gun from your person during the course of the stop.Oddly, if you have no CHL, no notification is required.
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  • RUGERNUT3RUGERNUT3 Member Posts: 247 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Im in Texas...where I obtained my CHL (concealed handgun liscense) and the adjoining states of OK,AK,LA have a (DANG WHEN THEY GONNA ADD A SPELL CHECKER %#^!)reciprocal (yall know what I mean) agreement with each other. So I am good to go in these three other states. Call the agency that issued your permit, in Texas its the DPS.
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  • competentonecompetentone Member Posts: 4,696 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Nunn's advice might be fine if you do NOT have a Concealed Weapon Permit. But if I'm stopped in any other State in the Union, and my drivers license is checked (assuming the check links back to South Carolina computers) the Officer will know I have a Permit.Even out-of-State, I'll hand my Permit to the Officer along with my drivers license and inform him as to whether or not his State allows me to carry and whether or not I'm carrying.No consent to search ever--even though I have nothing to hide.
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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Ironically, NY state does not require CHL holders to notify LEO's during traffic stops.
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  • travelortravelor Member Posts: 442 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Idsman...better check your rule book....
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