Yet Another Gun Arrest Of An Out-Of-Stater In The Great Northeast
BY Herschel Smith
6 years, 10 months ago
Yet another citizen is facing criminal charges for not realizing that gun laws vary from state to state. Hayley Leach, a Colorado woman, was arrested when she attempted to check her gun in at Albany Airport for her return flight home, News 10 ABC reported.
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It’s reminiscent of earlier similar cases, including that of Donna Marie Gracey, the Florida woman with a concealed carry permit who was arrested last month for having it in New Jersey, or the ordeals of Shaneen Allen and others. None of them had criminal intent.
I don’t fly to states where I can’t carry a gun. I don’t visit them in any way, including driving to or through them. I try not to send my money there either (Kimber, S&W, Mossberg, etc., are you listening carefully to what I’m saying?). In fact, I will not even get on board a flight where it’s possible that I’ll have a layover or exigent landing for weather or some other reason in a state where I can’t carry a firearm.
You shouldn’t either.
By the way, you are aware, aren’t you, that the great land of gun control, New Jersey, has a sordid and wretched history with hitmen, and a not so great history of allowing people to defend themselves from such people?
Guess that gun control stuff hasn’t worked out so well after all.
On January 30, 2018 at 3:21 pm, ExpatNJ said:
Draw lines through Nazi Jerzey on a map, and label it “No Man’s Land”. Don’t go anywhere near NJ; and it’s not just about firearms. It’s a shame there are many free Americans in the Northeast US, trapped behind enemy lines. Did you know there are no tolls on most routes going INTO NJ, but there are tolls outbound? They want you to come and stay – permanently. I was lucky I escaped with my life and the clothes on my back …
BTW, there is big demand for ‘hit-men’ in the Garbage State, and has been for a long time! How else can people there get somebody whacked if they can’t get a gat???
On February 1, 2018 at 6:07 am, Roger J said:
I lived in Massachusetts many years ago because of a job there, though I am from NC originally. Like NJ, Mass. runs on intimidation. Someone threatens you, you know that it is easy to hire thugs and if serious enough, hitmen. What are you going to do? How can you fight back against a pair of 300-lb longshoremen without a gun? I was told by a former cop of one bar in Chelsea, Mass. where such “enforcers” could be hired for a C-note or two. The powers that be in Mass. either like it that way or are inclined to look the other way. And as for Rhode Island, the threat “I’ll fix you!” is occasion for an immediate and groveling apology unless you have a lot of homies for backup.
Back on subject, I think that many concealed carry instructors are shortchanging their students by failing to mention the zero-tolerance that states like NY, NJ and Mass. show towards gun owners who make an innocent mistake. Even if the training is for a permit from a Deep South or midwestern state, this should be discussed. People travel, and what you don’t know can hurt you.
On February 1, 2018 at 6:19 pm, Paul P said:
Some of are really stuck if we want to travel by land . I live in Maine and to get out of New England to other friendly territory I MUST travel through at least one communist state .