advice on traveling and cc

[iPack]

I am an expediter and drive my Sprinter van all over the US, 90% eastern US. Anyway, just wondering what y'all's thoughts are? I have a lock box permanently mounted in the very back of the van that serves as my "trunk". In a state that I don't have rcp with, I lock mag/ammo in the glovebox and my pistol in the "trunk". What do y'all think?

[eXGee11]

Stay out of new jersey. Other than that check out handgunlaws.us

[NavyLCDR]

In Ohio, if your license is not recognized, your magazines would have to be unloaded as well to be legal.

Even in states that your permit is recognized in, to carry a loaded gun within 1000' of a school is still against Federal law, unless you have a permit ISSUED by the same state the school is located in.

In 48 or 49 of all states, your gun in the locked box is 100% legal. In the remaining 2 or 3 states, if you are just travelling through the state, Federal law provides that your method of transporting the handgun is legal (assuming gun unloaded, of course).

The BIGGEST thing to remember is to NOT consent to a search of the locked box under any circumstance, unless it is empty and you are entering onto a military base and subject to search as a condition of entry.

[iPack]

In IL for instance, I read where passing through I am ok. But if I'm delivering there, I'm not. Would simply having a permit from another state be probable cause to search? I've been through a lot of checkpoints along the border and in CA and the k9s haven't hit on my van(it's a rental) so I assume a k9 wouldn't hit unless he was trained specifically for firearms? I would think if you refuse a search, the LEO is pretty much gonna find a reason???

Thanks for the replies! We need nationwide concealed carry. Problem solved! Well......

[NavyLCDR]

Would simply having a permit from another state be probable cause to search?

No. The courts have ruled repeatedly that lawful actions and exercise of protected rights conducted by citizens cannot be used as reasonable suspicion of a crime being committed. Under routine circumstance, LEO won't have access to your out-of-state permit status anyway.

I would think if you refuse a search, the LEO is pretty much gonna find a reason???

Thanks for the replies! We need nationwide concealed carry. Problem solved! Well......

There is a very important reason to never consent to a search. Once you consent to a search, you have no defense in court that the search was illegal. You would have to prove that you were coerced into giving consent. Any search that is voluntarily consented to is a legal search. And then it is up to you to defend yourself from charges arising from anything found during the search. If you refuse to consent to the search, than the first thing that must be proven in court by the prosecutors is that the search was in fact legal. By consenting to a search you give up a valuable defense you have in court that has set free many, many, many defendants regardless of if the defendants actually committed a crime or not. The first thing any criminal defense lawyer is going to challenge is the lawfullness of the detention by the police officer and the lawfullness of any subsequent searches.

[iPack]

Thanks again! Lotta good info.

[Providence Ranch]

"But officer, I posted the question on a web forum! What do you mean I'm being arrested?"

[iPack]

Regardless of how much you think you know about me prov.....I'm not stupid. I may not have the answer to a particular question, but I'm not stupid. There's a difference.

[Rich_S]

Stay out of new jersey. Other than that check out handgunlaws.us

You can add Mass and NY to that list as well. Get a Utah non res license and start applying for non res licenses in other states that you need as well.

[santa]

Three statementa a cop hates to hear. #1 Am I free to go? #2 I do not consent to this search. #3 I dont want to talk to you and wish to remain silent. Never ever consent to a search and say it several times that way there is absolutely no question. Also there is a good chance you may be being recorded. Remember if a cop didnt need permission to search why would he(she) be asking?