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I haven't seen any quotes from the chief herselfin that regard; one of the deputy chiefs was recently quoted along those lines in the rash of articles post
-Parker (can't find the quote).
And certainly, I'dbe quite weary of driving surface streets in DC with a locked,secured weapon, even if provably headedtoward VA or MD from VA or MD (hell, I'm weary of going into DC anyway, and I work there).
But if you're on a freeway that passes through the District (and of course remember that, technically speaking, the beltway - and it's the part of the beltway that you take if you follow the signs to Baltimore heading north from Virginia - passes through a small corner of DC. Check a map if you don't believe me - by the Woodrow Wilson Bridge), or you're going ticket-in-hand to Union Station to take Amtrak out of town, you may be detained, but whatever MPD thinks, you'll get off.
Remember, MPD and the DC Council are not, in fact, the judge and jury. Moreover, DC crime is ultimately prosecuted by the Department of Justice (at least in theory). And it's doubtful that DoJ (at least for the next two years) is going to allow any city or state, much less the District, to run roughshod over ANY federal law.
Hawkflyer wrote: [/b]
jbobmurph wrote:
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Since you had everything in locked cases, it seems that the Federal law regulating travel would apply (I'm too lazy to track down the code section, but I think everyone here is going to be familiar).
ie, you're taking these guns, securely locked, from a place (Vienna, or more specifically, your home) to a place (Missouri) where you were permitted to have them, non-stop, with brief (and believe me, 2 hour and 4 hour layovers on Amtrak are BRIEF) layovers in places (DC and Chicago) where you weren't.
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I agree you would think this would be the case. The Chief of The DC police department takes the position the the beltway provides a reasonable way around DC, and that people traveling with guns should use that route. DC police insist they will arrest anyone the find with an unregistered handgun period.
Regards