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It's possession of a pistol without an NYC pistol permit (costs about $340, takes quite an effort to acquire, etc). Theoretically there is a federal protection
by koenigdavidmj 13y ago
It's possession of a pistol without an NYC pistol permit (costs about $340, takes quite an effort to acquire, etc).
Theoretically there is a federal protection for possessing an unloaded weapon locked in a case (with the ammunition in a separate locked case), provided that you are simply passing through a place where it would be illegal (e.g. flying from Seattle through NYC to Vermont, for instance) but the local respect for that protection may vary. New Jersey, for instance, completely ignores it (you will get arrested and charged, but that works as a defense to the charge).
- hga 13y ago"[...] an NYC pistol permit [which] takes quite an effort to acquire" As in, you won't get one without political pull. There are 50-60 thousand currently outstanding, in a city of 8 million. Long gun possession licenses are similarly restricted, or at least roughly as rare. The Firearms Owner's Protection Act of '86 protections for interstate travel are pretty much written with car travel in mind, and you can't really observe all of them while carrying guns in luggage. And it was always an affirmative defense (something you could only bring up while at court), but indeed New Jersey was particularly obnoxious about it.