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1. National Reciprocity is a BAD IDEA.
   This is just more gun regulation.
   More laws that can be perverted, twisted, amended or altered to suit your government masters. There is NO benefit for CCW’s here; in fact it will decrease your safety when travelling through gun-unfriendly states.

   I don’t want to be this guy:
   https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2014/01/15/unreal-unarmed-but-legal-florida-ccw-gun-owner-drives-through-maryland-then-it-goes-downhill/
   Innocent stopped by MD cop after plate reader identified him as a CCW, despite this being illegal. You want this type of police activity the new norm?
   Really? Do you trust your government to uphold any passed law?

   Easy travel fix: transport weapon in an ammo can with the front wire handle locked to the top with a breech cable lock. This can be sprung loose in less than several seconds without a key. This satisfies the law when passing through states as you’re travelling with said firearm in a locked container.
   I have shown this setup to LEO’s in several states and they approved of it as following the laws nationwide.
   In addition, NEVER announce you are carrying, even in states that require it.
   Travel no more than 8 miles an hour over the speed limit.
   In addition, think twice about travelling through gun unfriendly areas when crossing state lines, and circumvent them if possible, even if it adds travel time.

   Even before this passed the house, we saw them fiddling with the bill and trying to tack on ridiculous requirements.
   This is just a precursor to national gun registration. Identify all gun owners, by storing their fingerprints and other personal info in a FEDERAL database.
   What could possibly go wrong?

   1. Let’s not leave out that the Constitution (yeah, that ***** piece of paper) does not give the Federal government the power to regulate firearms in any way!

2. Any holder of a concealed weapon/carry permit, IS, already, entered into a “federal database”, via the enhanced driver’s licenses, now required by Federal law. Simply put, when your plate or DL is run for warrant checks, your permit immediately comes up on the MDT screen in the patrol car. This is already in place, in all 50 states, inspite of Internet mythology to the contrary. Yes, it WILL be misused and abused in non-Constitutional states and municipalities, as it already is used as a tool to attempt to intimidate and harass legal citizens. Know your rights and exercise them aggressively while being as courteous and civil as possible. Don’t give the Communist Statists a reason to go further “fishing”….

3. Ned, I doubt that any type of firearms container will meet with approval from Maryland or New Jersey police.
   They don’t want outsiders to have a gun in their state. And they ignore the Federal law because they can. I simply avoid travelling in either state. If you have to drive I-95 from Virginia to New York, good luck.

   1. One of the cops I asked about my set up is a Maryland Sheriff’s department corporal, and our son.
      Trust me, it IS legal.

4. As a Retired L.E.O.,when travelling with, or without, a concealed carry permit:1. Don’t admit to having a firearm in the vehicle regardless if that states requirement is to do so. 2.NEVER consent to a search of the vehicle. It’s your Constitutional RIGHT to refuse law enforcement consent to search your vehicle without probable cause,and without evidence of a crime being committed! 3.Lock the handgun(s) in a case that doesn’t LOOK like a gun case. Doskocil has handgun attache cases that I’ve carried handguns in while flying,and TSA didn’t flag it allowing it to go straight through to the baggage carousel with my other bags. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Doskocil-Hard-Shell-Gun-Case-WITH-Key-BLACK-w-Both-Pads-CROC-EMBOSSED/162349767520?hash=item25ccccdb60:g:dEsAAOSw44BYcS0H 4. Affix a label to the case stating it’s the property of someone other than you. EX:PROPERTY OF Joe Blow. This way you can maintain that the case is not your property and you can’t give consent for a L.E.O. to search it. 5. Don’t plaster firearms organizations stickers to your vehicle like NRA,Gun Owners of America, etc. This alerts l.e.o.’s that there might be a firearm in the vehicle, leading to pressure to give a consent to search, or for them to launch into a “fishing expedition “, turning a traffic “detention ” into an arrest of your right to travel. You can only be detained for the amount of time necessary to either cite you for a traffic offense, or otherwise resolve the stop,such as a warning, verbal or written.

   1. James D Faulkner thanks for posting….when I took my CCW class here in North Carolina we were taught to inform the officer of a weapon at once if we were stopped and show our CCW permit…in addition if it’s night time I turn on every interior light….then I place my hands on top of the steering wheel and don’t move them until the officer instructs me…the goal is for everybody to remain calm and get thru the traffic stop as smoothly as possible….I try to look at things from the officer’s POV….especially at night….lots of dangerous people on the roads these days.

5. There is no cure for stupid!

6. I guess this means I have to remove my NRA “benefactors” license plate back from my truck.

   Naw, its Montana.

7. In in states where no CCW permit is needed (like Alaska), you don’t get flagged if you get stopped by a cop. When was the last time you did a form 4473? Where do you think that information is being stored/used? Sure, the law says they aren’t supposed to be. After the NSA fiasco et al, do you really think the law applies to licensed purchases anymore?

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