Practical variation on un-licensed handgun transportation topic...
If someone from another state is visiting another person who is an IN resident, does the FOPA safe passage (926A) apply? Assumption is the visiting person does not have any form of permit from their home state.
My interpretation has been that it is legal for the person to posess the guns in their home state, and legal to posess them at their destination in IN, so transporting them into IN as part of the trip accross state lines into/out-of IN is ok.
My only concern is the wording of 926A, specifically "from any place ... to any other place where he may lawfully possess and carry such firearm.
"and carry" implies since transportation is not legal for that person in IN, then FOPA does not apply? Or does "any other place" mean if the visitor can carry it the end private residence/property, it is still ok?
Thoughts?
full 926A text:
Notwithstanding any other provision of any law or any rule or regulation of a State or any political subdivision thereof, any person who is not otherwise prohibited by this chapter from transporting, shipping, or receiving a firearm shall be entitled to transport a firearm for any lawful purpose from any place where he may lawfully possess and carry such firearm to any other place where he may lawfully possess and carry such firearm if, during such transportation the firearm is unloaded, and neither the firearm nor any ammunition being transported is readily accessible or is directly accessible from the passenger compartment of such transporting vehicle: Provided, That in the case of a vehicle without a compartment separate from the driver’s compartment the firearm or ammunition shall be contained in a locked container other than the glove compartment or console.
-rvb
If someone from another state is visiting another person who is an IN resident, does the FOPA safe passage (926A) apply? Assumption is the visiting person does not have any form of permit from their home state.
My interpretation has been that it is legal for the person to posess the guns in their home state, and legal to posess them at their destination in IN, so transporting them into IN as part of the trip accross state lines into/out-of IN is ok.
My only concern is the wording of 926A, specifically "from any place ... to any other place where he may lawfully possess and carry such firearm.
"and carry" implies since transportation is not legal for that person in IN, then FOPA does not apply? Or does "any other place" mean if the visitor can carry it the end private residence/property, it is still ok?
Thoughts?
full 926A text:
Notwithstanding any other provision of any law or any rule or regulation of a State or any political subdivision thereof, any person who is not otherwise prohibited by this chapter from transporting, shipping, or receiving a firearm shall be entitled to transport a firearm for any lawful purpose from any place where he may lawfully possess and carry such firearm to any other place where he may lawfully possess and carry such firearm if, during such transportation the firearm is unloaded, and neither the firearm nor any ammunition being transported is readily accessible or is directly accessible from the passenger compartment of such transporting vehicle: Provided, That in the case of a vehicle without a compartment separate from the driver’s compartment the firearm or ammunition shall be contained in a locked container other than the glove compartment or console.
-rvb