Hi All,
A friend of mine just got arrested in ny on an illegal weapons
charge. They were travelling back to la thru a ny airport, when they
went to the counter to declare their firearm (unloaded, locked hard
container) they got arrested for illegal possession of a pistol.
Point of
18 USC 926A entitles a person to transport a firearm in this situation.
NY is apparently the only state where passengers are arrested when they
comply with TSA procedures to transport firearms by air. We are litigating
this policy in the US Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit.
Wow. Thank you all for the information. It completely stuns me. My
favorite is that the whole thing does nothing to catch the import of the
firearm but seems to be set up to catch people as they are peaceably
leaving the state with their offending device.
So assuming the fopa route will
Here is a copy of the US DOJ letter to Congressman Don Young stating that the
NYC practice violates 18 USC 926A.
http://www.anjrpc.org/DefendingYourRights/us%20letter.pdf
The Department of Justice agrees that the provisions of section 926A apply to
the
situation set forth above assuming:
On Jul 29, 2009, at 10:43 AM, Joseph E. Olson wrote:
Here is a copy of the US DOJ letter to Congressman Don Young stating
that the NYC practice violates 18 USC 926A.
http://www.anjrpc.org/DefendingYourRights/us%20letter.pdf
The Department of Justice agrees that the provisions of section
