THIS is why you need to never visit NYC

[Cameramonkey]

what a load of crap. As if we didnt already need a reason not to go.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/10/n...but-unlawful-upon-arrival.html?src=recg&_r=5&

 

[griffin]

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[Bennettjh]

I hope I never have to go to that "state".

 

[rambone]

Here's a link that works.

Legal Guns en Route to New York Are Cause for Arrest Before Flight Home

 

[Cameramonkey]

Here's a link that works.

Legal Guns en Route to New York Are Cause for Arrest Before Flight Home

my copy/pasta of the article text isnt good enough for you? LOL

 

[jbombelli]

my copy/pasta of the article text isnt good enough for you? LOL

It's against INGO rules. The article is copyrighted. You should probably delete it.

 

[Movealongmovealong]

I believe in D.C. you can't even carry peppery spray without having it registered.

 

[Papa]

Isn't there a federal law that your allowed to have your firearms if your passing through the state and their locked in cases?

 

[jamil]

Isn't there a federal law that your allowed to have your firearms if your passing through the state and their locked in cases?

The article describes cases where NY is the destination, not just passing through.

 

[Bapak2ja]

So just stay out of New York.

 

[cobber]

So just stay out of New York.

Yes, this. If you want to visit a police-state large city, visit Beijing. Food and lodging much cheaper, and lower odds of being drilled by the police.

 

[JeremiahJohnson]

Exactly why NY and places like it will never see one dollar from this boy. Don't go there, don't buy anything from there.

I'm the same way about Illinois. Every fall when I head west to hunt I gas up before hitting the state line, lock everything away, set the cruise control for at least 2 miles under the speed limit and don't stop until I'm out of the state. Couple years ago we were returning from Arkansas and the wife was driving - she had her finger on the cruise coast button coasting down to 65. When she hit the state line an Illinois state trooper lit her up for two miles over and wrote her a ticket. Nice.

 

[JetGirl]

The guns are legally owned

There were 42 arrests for gun possession

Some charges of criminal possession of a weapon bring minimum sentences of three and a half years in prison.

the defendant is allowed to plead guilty to a far lesser charge, a violation, and pay a fine.

There is one thing the defendants do not get back: their guns. Those are confiscated and destroyed

Ouch.

 

[eatsnopaste]

so you can bring your guns, they only get upset when you declare them trying to LEAVE...huh, doesn't sound like a money grab to meat all.

 

[JetGirl]

so you can bring your guns, they only get upset when you declare them trying to LEAVE...

That's about the size of it.

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

**** NYC!

 

[kiddchaos]

Yep been there done that. Not going back.
Saw the 911 Memorial (with airport like security screenings) and walked by the OWS protest.


To quote the NYT article:

Trouble arrives upon their return to La Guardia Airport or Kennedy Airport to fly home. The visitors repeat the procedure practiced at their home airport, presenting the firearm to a gate agent to be checked. Only this time, the gate agent calls police officers from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which oversees the airports. The gun owners are then placed under arrest.

Source cited

 

[shibumiseeker]

I have only been to NYC as a stopover on an overseas flight and I have never visited there and never intend to.

 

[Denny347]

Geez, I'm there about every other year. I love the city, wife still has family there. Outside of the Caribbean, it's our favorite destination. Lots of great places to visit, sights to see. Liberty Island/Ellis Island (must see), saw the Rockettes perform their Christmas Special at Radio City Music Hall (fantastic). The Art Deco at 30 Rockefeller Plaza is breath taking. I have yet to have better Chinese food than I found in Chinatown.

 

[Mark 1911]

So just stay out of New York.

Good plan. Too bad so much of the US doesn't look, feel, smell, or sound like America anymore.