I was just "Warned" on another thread about weapons traveling into other states. I must tread lightly on this one. With that said, the whole interstate thing is a nightmare that is stacked against the legal and law abiding citizen who chooses to exercise their right to bear arms. The safe passage law has been stated and restated hundreds of times but always seems to be viewed in the narrowest application leaning to the "keep moving" and get out of the state post haste. Some even ? stopping to sleep in a motel or eat at a diner. For sure it doesn't cover you for a 2 or 3 day stop over at a friends house. Now to avoid another "XXXXXXX", I won't mention my experience concerning interstate travel. My point here is simply that the whole of this issue is a nightmare. It is a minefield of do's and mostly don'ts that to be safe, you are forced to leave your firearms at home. Those same law abiding citizens who are traveling between home and a vacation property in another state, or who are heading off on a far away hunting trip often find themselves at odds with the letter of the law. Some say leave the guns at home and borrow or rent one when you get to your destination. Others say ship them or keep a 2nd firearm at your 2nd property. OK that would work, but many are not flush with extra cash or simply prefer to rely on that favorite shotgun or rifle. THR won't allow free expression that might encourage violating the law. So I will stop here.
Ops one more thing: All of this points to why we need unified firearms laws in all parts of the US. What's legal in Iowa should and what's legal in NC should not be infringed in the states you might pass thru on your way there. The safe passage laws should be revised, expanded, and clarified so that the reasonable movement of citizens between states is not impaired by states like NY, Ill, NJ, Calif, and the like.
