Man charged after gun found in his hotel room

[Hiram2005]

I just don't go where they don't like my guns. You don't like my guns, you don't like me. You don't like me, my money does not like you. Period.

Also when I'm staying in a hotel/motel for more than one night, the "Do not disturb" goes on the door when I'm gone. I have never had housekeeping come in when I've used the sign.

 

[rugerfan]

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[Kagnew]

You might want to rethink that one. Think guy with the bird.

I agree with Thumper, regardless of local laws, and Mass has plenty, the guy seems oblivious to them being stolen by the staff.

You're absolutely right. It was Baretta. My bad!

 

[Dawall]

Bryco Jennings never made a .38....

 

[Integraholic]

But they still have a key.

True, but the only real reason anyone has to go into a room and move things around while you're staying there is to clean it or emergency maintenance. The "do not disturb" sign will at least keep the maids out.

 

[Zoub]

You're absolutely right. It was Baretta. My bad!

Who Loves Ya Baby!

 

[rugerfan]

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[Gabriel]

How about using the "Do Not Disturb" sign.

How about not leaving your guns lying around while you are away from your hotel room?

 

[Que]

It sounds like he's up a creek without a paddle. They made sure to note ".40-caliber Smith & Wesson with a laser sight." It's good that his job gives him the tie to the community the story said he didn't have. I guess they would use that "laser sight" to mark him as a hit man or something.

 

[88E30M50]

I'm heading down to Georgia for a couple of days this week and am wanting to take something along for protection (think handgun) but will be at Ft. Benning during the day. That means I cannot carry it or even have it in the car when on base. I have a lock box with cable that I've been thinking about using along with the DND sign on the door, but I really am uncomfortable leaving the gun in the hotel while I'm out. I've thought of locking it in the lockbox and putting it into the hotel safe while out as the lockbox looks like it could hold anything, including jewelry. It's about the size of a large paperback book. Good idea or bad?

 

[RomanDad]

That's going to be an unconstitutional Law under Heller and McDonald.

You have a right to possess a firearm in your home (Heller). That law applies to States and Municipalities (McDonald). The Courts have long recognized that a Hotel room, is a defacto home for the purposes of the Constitution.

My guess would be, that if he isnt legally barred from owning and possessing a gun in his home state (IN) he is good to go.

 

[Integraholic]

Not to be difficult, but - how do you "know" that?

True, you don't. But you might have a bit more ammo to go at the hotel corporation with.

 

[Integraholic]

How about not leaving your guns lying around while you are away from your hotel room?

That only applies to us smart folk.

 

[Farmritch]

That's going to be an unconstitutional Law under Heller and McDonald.

You have a right to possess a firearm in your home (Heller). That law applies to States and Municipalities (McDonald). The Courts have long recognized that a Hotel room, is a defacto home for the purposes of the Constitution.

My guess would be, that if he isnt legally barred from owning and possessing a gun in his home state (IN) he is good to go.

This is what I had always thought and led to believe
Same as a Motorhome
when you are driving you are a M/vehicle when you are stoped you are in your place of residence

 

[singlestacksig]

I'm heading down to Georgia for a couple of days this week and am wanting to take something along for protection (think handgun) but will be at Ft. Benning during the day. That means I cannot carry it or even have it in the car when on base. I have a lock box with cable that I've been thinking about using along with the DND sign on the door, but I really am uncomfortable leaving the gun in the hotel while I'm out. I've thought of locking it in the lockbox and putting it into the hotel safe while out as the lockbox looks like it could hold anything, including jewelry. It's about the size of a large paperback book. Good idea or bad?

when you check in request a room with a safe, or ask about a safety deposit box.. almost every hotel is required to have one..

 

[pathfinder317]

I think this is a place where one could make a 2nd amendment argument. If a law prohibits you from exercising your right to self-defense in the home, even if it's only a temporary "home away from home," I'd imagine that the precedents would fit quite nicely to this scenario.

I've often wondered this myself , I travel on a regular basis , and if I stay in a motel , isn't it basically me paying rent for that room ?
not that it matters to me , everywhere I travel is legal for me to have a gun , just food for thought.

 

[Gabriel]

That only applies to us smart folk.

I used to work part time security at a couple of hotels. You'd be surprised at how many people call back after they check out to say they left their gun in the room.

 

[PapaScout]

The guy screwed up. As Kojack used to say, "if you can't do the time, don't do the crime".

That was Baretta - not Kojack.

 

[Hawkeye]

I believe the guy could be in some trouble in MA. While a hotel room is treated as his home, the rpoblem is that in MA, he is probably not allowed to own a handgun. MA does not recognize the IN permit IIRC, and it would appear to me that he is not jsut travelling thourgh MA as part of a continuous journey.

A friend of mine had a similar problem arise in MA. he had been out east deer hunting in PA and went on to visit a relative in MA. Parked at a motel and went to the room to take a nap before he unloaded hsi vehicle. Somebody broke into it and stole a rifle, handgun and knife that he ahd along with some other personal property. Wehn eh reproted the thefts to the police, they tried to give him a hard itme about it. Luckily, common sense, and Federal law, prevailed. but the guns were still gone...

 

[navarre1095]

What was the hotel chain?