Man charged after gun found in his hotel room

[IndyJeff]

They said it was the Knight's Inn. My wife and I vacationed in Boston a few years ago and the maid found our handcuffs in the bed and left them on the nightstand for us. Surprised we didn't go to jail for that too. Boston's finest would have had a handy set of cuffs to use on us!!!

 

[MilitaryArms]

There is something fundamentally wrong when the Fed's don't force reciprocity on the issue of firearms licenses. It's no different than having a drivers license in Indiana and driving in Illinois, the Fed's force states to honor each others licenses and permits... on most everything but firearms.

It's tiresome this crap goes on.

 

[Panama]

I gotta wonder, was the "hotel housekeeper" a legal immigrant?
Not that it helps his case, just curious.

 

[printcraft]

I gotta wonder, was the "hotel housekeeper" a legal immigrant?
Not that it helps his case, just curious.

Yeah, that.



but but but....... they don't report crimes because ICE may get them.
We need to give the illegals amnesty so they will no be afraid to call the police when they have been the victim of a crime.

sorry for the

 

[96firephoenix]

I can see the second gun not being his thing... whoever would keep a S&W under their pillow would not own a Jennings.

 

[vxtip]

i got as far as "Massachusetts" and went "oooooh, thats why"

 

[cop car]

hopefully criminals see this and never F with anyone with indiana plates ever.

 

[JBusch8899]

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[Bill of Rights]

Actually, it was Sammy Davis, Jr. who sang about not doing the crime if you couldn't do the time, in the theme from Baretta... I don't recall Tony every saying it, but then, I was still pretty young back then. The TV only took about three minutes to warm up after you turned it on and *I* was the remote control. "Son, change the channel, please?" Always did like his line, "An' dat's da name o' dat tune."

Full-auto, I'd disagree with you. He does not deserve to be arrested, charged, and punished under MA law for simply wishing to protect himself in his (temporary) home. He was unwise to leave them out, but how many of us have done something (firearms-related or otherwise) unwise at some point in our lives? He was there for work; maybe he woke up late that morning and was going to miss his ride to the jobsite?

He may (may!) have an out, but it will take some fancy footwork on his lawyer's part, and he is facing a jury of MA residents who likely have been well-indoctrinated, but here's the MA law on the carry of firearms by non-residents:

Sadly, while MA would have allowed him to carry if he was hunting or was enroute to a show or exhibition of collectors of firearms on his IN LTCH, to possess it in his hotel room he would have had to apply for and receive a temporary firearms license, costing him $100 and valid up to a year. Had he only done that, he would have likely been in the clear, as he likely would have been told the law on securing his firearms as well. What a shame that the Commonwealth in which is located Battle Road, on which the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" was fired creating this country, has among the most onerous laws in that country restricting the ownership, carriage, and bearing of arms within its borders. (The musket belonging to the captain of the Lexington militia hangs in the MA state Senate chamber and until a few years ago, was fitted with a trigger lock in compliance with their state law.)

God help this gentleman; I doubt anyone else will.

Blessings,
Bill

 

[ddenny5]

This is the prime reason why we need national reciporcity.