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Police Ofc. conceal carry laws
Stylishxone767
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I am curious about police officers being able to carry off duty during interstate travel (no not on airplanes). I heard that Bush passed a federal law allowing for police officers to carry off duty in any state in the union. Are the states honoring this new law? What was the law prior to this? I am a police officer in Michigan, and I am about to take a trip to Chicago. What the position of the state of Illinois on this issue and what are their laws? Does anyone know?
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PJ
I carried anyway, wherever I went. My gun was concealed, and I figured that, if I had to pull it, I would just have to worry about whether it was legal to carry it later.
Curiously, Missouri was one of those states that did not allow off-duty officers from other states to carry. That may have been the law, but it wasn't common practice. We were in St. Louis, and about to go up in the Gateway Arch. I saw there was a metal detector. I showed my ID to the security officer, and he handed me a sign-in sheet. I wrote down my name, department, etc. I noticed there were a lot of names of Texas officers on the page above mine. We were all carrying "illegally."
Georgia has a concealed carry permit. Retired officers are given one free. But since Pres. Bush signed the new law, my retired LEO ID works the same.
Here's a LEAA's site that has the law listed and explains it.
http://www.leaa.org/218/
Funny, while looking for the law, I ran across a site that listed how different states treat officers on and off duty. Guess I was breaking the law in Virginia back in '99 when I was up there working a murder case. Virginia State Police didn't say anything about it though!
But not for chicago officers that are retired. Their mayor made up some new rule and screwed them for now.
PJ
Chitcago...
In all my years I've never met a fellow officer who would go out of their way to pursue it either way. I have seen when people become stupid or disrespectful go to jail and their agency notified. As for what others have stated it is great advise[:D]
We are flying to Las Vegas tomorrow and under HR 218 I will have a gun in my possession..