Comments on: Carrying across state lines

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:04:30 +0000

Tell me about it. I drive up to the UP with the wife every year or so,having to go throught Chicago and Wisconsin, it makes for some interesting driving to say the least.

By: Rob K

Rob K — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:23:01 +0000

Hey Shootin’ Buddy, what about IC 35-47-4-1?

“A person who sells, barters, gives, or delivers any deadly weapon to any person at the time in a state of intoxication, knowing him to be in a state of intoxication, or to any person who is in the habit of becoming intoxicated, and knowing him to be a person who is in the habit of becoming intoxicated, commits a Class B misdemeanor.”

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:17:34 +0000

Just curious: what location and holster do you use when traveling by car?

By: Turk Turon

Turk Turon — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:39:41 +0000

I’m driving from northern VA to Indy. Maryland does not recognize my VA CHL, but WV, PA, OH and IN do. So I plotted a course to take me through as little of Maryland as possible. Maryland is only 2 miles wide where route 522 goes from VA to WV to MD to PA in just a matter of a few minutes. And I fully intended to stop, unload and lock the gun in the trunk, then drive thru MD, stop in PA and retrieve the gun and continue on my way, but the borders are poorly marked and I was in PA before I realized I had left WV. The other thing I did was print out the reciprocity letters for all of the states on my route and keep them in a folder on the passenger seat.

By: "Lee N. Field"

"Lee N. Field" — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:26:24 +0000

>While my ultimate destination is in Michigan, one of the routes to get there takes me through the Chicago area and in Illinois.

Indiana to Michigan and you gotta go through Daleygrad? Say what?

By: Joe Merchant24

Joe Merchant24 — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:38:42 +0000

I’ve got the same issue w/Iowa this weekend.

By: Less

Less — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:14:04 +0000

Are you going to the UP or something?

Why would you have to pass through ILL-inois?

I’d take you for a drink if you were in town…

By: Shootin' Buddy

Shootin' Buddy — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:40:32 +0000

“It is illegal to be drunk and packing in Indianastan, but other than that there are few limitations.”

Wellllll, sorta, kinda, it depends.

Being in public or a place of public resort while intoxicated is illegal, but that nothing to do with you having a pistol or not.

Further, I can be as blind drunk as I want in a non-public place and be carrying a dozen pistols and that is NOT illegal. In fact, it gives me an idea for the weekend (that’s a joke, Tam).

By: Joe Allen

Joe Allen — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:48:40 +0000

I travel quite a bit, and before every trip I consult http://www.handgunlaw.us to refresh my memory on the laws of my destination state – and to see if there have been any changes since I last visited.

By: Weer'd Beard

Weer'd Beard — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:39:12 +0000

“Make sure you do your due diligence before you travel, because telling the cops “I didn’t know” flies like a lead balloon.”

Odd how that seems to fly just fine when cops are shaking you down because you’re OC-ing, or politely inform that you’re packing during a stop.

Good points!