BlackBeard
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Hi, I'm new here and I have some questions about travelling with a handgun, that I hope someone can help me with.
I live in Tennessee, and have a carry permit from this state. I will be starting a new job soon which will require much travel. Some of it into/through states which do not recognize my permit, including such states as New York/Illinois which essentially do not permit any type of carry, as I understand it.
My plan, so far, is to carry as usual in the states that recognize my Tn. permit, and to lock up my handgun before I enter into those states that do not recognize it. I plan to put it (unloaded, slide locked open, and with a locking trigger guard), in a locked hardshell case, which I also plan to lock onto an interior stuctural part of the vehicle via a cable lock. There is no trunk on my truck.
An area of concern is whether or not I need to unload the magazine? And can I store the ammunition/loaded mag. in the same locked case as the handgun, or should I get another case in which to store the ammo/loaded magazine?
Does anyone here face similar circumstances? And, if so, how do you transport legally into/through states which do not recognize your permits?
In most cases I will not really have a destination, so to speak, other than back home in Tn., (per: http://opencarry.mywowbb.com/forum61/196.html ). My journeys will originate and end in Tn., however there will times that I must stop in anti-gun states. In other words, my journey will be interrupted by a stop in an anti-gun state, perhaps even overnight stops. So, my question here is: as long as I leave my gun locked up as previously described, is that legal?
When I'm travelling through REALLY anti-gun areas such as (DC, NY, CA, etc), would it be more prudent to actually remove the slide from my handgun (before locking it up)? Therefore putting it into an unassembled state?
Also, I've made it my personal policy that in the event that I get pulled over, I show my Drivers License (DL) and my Handgun Carry Permit (HCP); just trying to be courteous to LEO's. Although in some states this is required by law, Ive always planned to show it in Carry permitted states. Should I offer this same courtesy to LEO's in an anti-gun state? Even though the handgun will be legally locked up (inaccessible) for transportation? I DO NOT want to invite problems.
My objective is remain legal in all ways, and in every state, but at the same time I DO NOT wish to give up my right to carry where I'm legally entitled to do so.
Thanks for any help/insight you folks can offer, and I apologize for the long post.
BlackBeard
Hi, I'm new here and I have some questions about travelling with a handgun, that I hope someone can help me with.
I live in Tennessee, and have a carry permit from this state. I will be starting a new job soon which will require much travel. Some of it into/through states which do not recognize my permit, including such states as New York/Illinois which essentially do not permit any type of carry, as I understand it.
My plan, so far, is to carry as usual in the states that recognize my Tn. permit, and to lock up my handgun before I enter into those states that do not recognize it. I plan to put it (unloaded, slide locked open, and with a locking trigger guard), in a locked hardshell case, which I also plan to lock onto an interior stuctural part of the vehicle via a cable lock. There is no trunk on my truck.
An area of concern is whether or not I need to unload the magazine? And can I store the ammunition/loaded mag. in the same locked case as the handgun, or should I get another case in which to store the ammo/loaded magazine?
Does anyone here face similar circumstances? And, if so, how do you transport legally into/through states which do not recognize your permits?
In most cases I will not really have a destination, so to speak, other than back home in Tn., (per: http://opencarry.mywowbb.com/forum61/196.html ). My journeys will originate and end in Tn., however there will times that I must stop in anti-gun states. In other words, my journey will be interrupted by a stop in an anti-gun state, perhaps even overnight stops. So, my question here is: as long as I leave my gun locked up as previously described, is that legal?
When I'm travelling through REALLY anti-gun areas such as (DC, NY, CA, etc), would it be more prudent to actually remove the slide from my handgun (before locking it up)? Therefore putting it into an unassembled state?
Also, I've made it my personal policy that in the event that I get pulled over, I show my Drivers License (DL) and my Handgun Carry Permit (HCP); just trying to be courteous to LEO's. Although in some states this is required by law, Ive always planned to show it in Carry permitted states. Should I offer this same courtesy to LEO's in an anti-gun state? Even though the handgun will be legally locked up (inaccessible) for transportation? I DO NOT want to invite problems.
My objective is remain legal in all ways, and in every state, but at the same time I DO NOT wish to give up my right to carry where I'm legally entitled to do so.
Thanks for any help/insight you folks can offer, and I apologize for the long post.
BlackBeard