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as the “Lawful Interstate Transportation of Firearms Act”.
Last year, I wrote about a serious weakness in the “safe passage” provision in the Firearm Owners Protection Act of 1986, which allowed states like New York to arrest innocent traveling gun owners for the mistake of stopping in the state for any reason with a legally owned firearm in their vehicle.
Days later, Senator Steve Daines of Montana filed SB 3139 to fix that very problem and extend FOPA’s protections to ammunition and magazines. Daines’ bill greatly improves protections for stops along the way.
Rep. Mo Brooks‘ office agreed.
www.thetruthaboutguns.com
Last year, I wrote about a serious weakness in the “safe passage” provision in the Firearm Owners Protection Act of 1986, which allowed states like New York to arrest innocent traveling gun owners for the mistake of stopping in the state for any reason with a legally owned firearm in their vehicle.
Days later, Senator Steve Daines of Montana filed SB 3139 to fix that very problem and extend FOPA’s protections to ammunition and magazines. Daines’ bill greatly improves protections for stops along the way.
While that’s much better than current safe passage provisions, I thought it needed tweaking to prevent anti-gun jurisdictions like New York from interpreting delivery stops on a route as the “destination” where the firearm possession would otherwise violate state law.
Rep. Mo Brooks‘ office agreed.
New House Bill Would Give Gun Owners Real Safe Passage Protection When Traveling With Firearms - The Truth About Guns
A new bill sponsored by Rep. Mo Brooks would finally give gun owners the protection they need when traveling with firearms through gun-hostile states.
www.thetruthaboutguns.com
