Posted January 29, 2018 5:19 pm by Comments

By Dan Zimmerman

ALBANY, NEW YORK — Ever since the expansion of concealed carry laws and the gun buying boom really got going in the early 2000’s, lawful gun owners becoming inadvertently snagged by anti-gun states’ ultra-restrictive laws has become a regular thing. Travelers fly into a state like New York from free states like Georgia, Tennessee, Missouri or Texas with their lawfully owned firearms. Then when try to fly home….

The latest victim: 28-year-old Haley Leach from Colorado. She was arrested while trying to declare her pistol at the Southwest Airlines counter in Albany because she doesn’t have a New York State pistol permit. That means one count of criminal possession of a weapon.

Let’s state clearly that it’s always a gun owner’s responsibility to know the laws in states to which they’ll be traveling. Still…

“It’s frustrating for people who don’t know the law,” Leslie McDermott said.

McDermott has been the general manager at the Indoor Range in Brunswick since last March. He said customers come in daily only to find out they’re potentially breaking the law.

It’s more than just frustrating. It’s damned expensive and could cost you a stint in the clink.

Even cops — outside the …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation

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