On Sun, 14 Dec 2014 22:40:02 -0500, BAR wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Sun, 14 Dec 2014 18:13:51 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

... maybe I'll go buy a gun or something. :-)

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Sure, just don't bring it back through New York. Otherwise the Grey
Bar Hotel awaits you. Free country? Not so much.

Federal law says you can take a firearm form a pleace where you are able
to posses it to another place where you can posses it as long as you
store it in your vehicle/luggage according to the federal firearms
transportation regulations.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/926A

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Apparently the NY gendarmes have not caught up with federal law. There
are a lot of horror stories floating around where people have had
their hand guns legally declared and packed, only to be arrested at a
NY airport when their ongoing flight was cancelled. Supposedly the
airlines are required to report those instances to local law
enforcement and they arrest you as soon as you claim your baggage.

Here's a blurb by a NY attorney named Peter H. Tilem that specializes
in defending clients in cases like that:

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I am a criminal lawyer in New York that represents clients in regard
to Second Amendment issues. I am also an NRA Certified Instructor and
Member. Sadly, I have represented numerous individuals who tried to
follow the procedures outlined on the TSA and Airline websites at New
York Airports. These people are arrested and usually charged with
class "C" violent felonies in New York which carry mandatory minimums
of 3 1/2 years in prison. While generally, we obtain very good
outcomes in these cases the individuals involved are arrested, their
guns are seized, they miss their flights, spend 24 hours in central
booking and spend a lot of money on a lawyer. In addition, although
Federal Law protects travelers who are merely passing through a state,
most often the Police are able to obtain a statement from the traveler
that establishes that they did not follow the rules required to avail
themselves of the Federal Defense.
Lastly, the travelers who are arrested generally check their firearm
through the Airline on the trip to New York. It is the same Airline
that fails to warn the traveler of the potential consequences of
having a firearm in New York that generally calls the police as they
try to return from New York.
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Quoted from a recent article in Guns & Ammo magazine about traveling
with a firearm.