On Mon, 5 Oct 2015 04:33:59 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 10/5/2015 1:27 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 5 Oct 2015 01:11:12 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 10/5/2015 12:25 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 4 Oct 2015 14:46:52 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

So, we are saying the same thing. When it comes to guns, federal law
should apply, not 50 different state laws.



There is a little problem with the feds having the constitutional
authority. We have been pushing the envelope on the 14th amendment
until it is ready to pop.
Someday someone is going to say, going to federal prison is not a
"right", it is over reach by an imperial federal government.

At that point lots of federal laws concerning things that should be a
state issue, like the drug war, will go away.

The fact is that before the LBJ and Nixon administrations, they were
not using the 14th amendment as an excuse to violate the 9th and 10th.
That amendment protects RIGHTS across state lines. It is not carte
blanche for the feds to pass any law they like, beyond their
constitutional powers.

(Prohibition required a constitutional amendment. Early drug and gun
laws were "taxes")



Thing is, when it comes to gun control laws, the Federal laws are far
more lenient and favor gun owners than many of the state laws.


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Perhaps but at least you have the option to stay out of states with
onerous laws, or more likely, keep your gun out. That doesn't solve
the interstate travel problem but if you're not taking public
transportation, that's relatively low risk with reasonable
precautions.


Why not *fix* it so law abiding gun owners are not technically breaking
the law when traveling?


That has been law since 1986, some Northeastern states are just not
honoring it.

See 18 USC § 926A



Notwithstanding any other provision of any law or any rule or
regulation of a State or any political subdivision thereof, any person
who is not otherwise prohibited by this chapter from transporting,
shipping, or receiving a firearm shall be entitled to transport a
firearm for any lawful purpose from any place where he may lawfully
possess and carry such firearm to any other place where he may
lawfully possess and carry such firearm if, during such transportation
the firearm is unloaded, and neither the firearm nor any ammunition
being transported is readily accessible or is directly accessible from
the passenger compartment of such transporting vehicle:
Provided
, That in the case of a vehicle without a compartment separate from
the driver’s compartment the firearm or ammunition shall be contained
in a locked container other than the glove compartment or console.

(Added Pub. L. 99–360, §?1(a), July 8, 1986, 100 Stat. 766