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Old Dec 30, 2007 | 4:42 pm
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are8
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Originally Posted by Lurker1999
When was this? My understanding of the Firearm Owners Protection Act is that it grants protections for legal gun owners travelling through jurisdictions where the gun laws are different/stricter than those of their resident state.
Three years ago one of my classmates spent the night in Jail in NYC for having a legal handgun but transiting through NYC (airport). I dont know the details other than that, but he got a laywer to get him out the next day. I do know they did not give him his handgun back.
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