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Interstate Handguns.

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If the Reciprocity act goes through, Interstate travelers will still have a dilemma. Certain guns, ammo and magazines are illegal in certain states.
As I understand it, to be universally legal it should be,
Mags should be ten rounds or less and no hollowpoints. Are there any other restrictions?
Would a 1911 with ball ammo be appropriate? Maybe a revolver?

Just curious because up till now I never concidered packing anything else other than a 9mm high capacity loaded with defensive ammo. It would be nice to travel to all states legally. with a decent gun.
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I suppose it would be just as your DL now, you would still be required to know the rules of each state you go through
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RPBrown wrote:I suppose it would be just as your DL now, you would still be required to know the rules of each state you go through
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I have two apps on my phone that have all 50 states gun laws and I always review the rules of each state I am going to be traveling through.
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bblhd672 wrote:
RPBrown wrote:I suppose it would be just as your DL now, you would still be required to know the rules of each state you go through
:iagree:
I have two apps on my phone that have all 50 states gun laws and I always review the rules of each state I am going to be traveling through.

Which apps, that sounds handy? I do quite a bit of interstate travel.
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I use the legal heat app. Handgunlaw.us is also good.
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I have heard that at least one version of the Constitutional Carry (HR 38?) has language that you are legal to carry what is legal in your home state or the state the permit is from. I do not know what limits or exceptions there are to that.

I agree the guns and ammo ownership restrictions could be an issue as well as the differences in how self defense is defined in the state law and how it is handled in court. I can see someone from say Texas getting tripped up over another state's law regarding duty to retreat for example. I can also easily see someone thinking something is legal when it is just that the activity was never prosecuted in their home state. Even after the lawsuits subside from the liberal states fighting Constitutional Carry, there will be more lawsuits and appeals over there sort of prosecutions.

Another reason I hope Trump continues to appoint more federal judges and more SC judges.
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https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-con ... t%22%5D%7D
(2) The term ‘handgun’ includes any magazine for use in a handgun and any ammunition loaded into the handgun or its magazine.
Emphasis mine.

MY OPINION: I read the above as cutting the heart out of magazine limits and ammunition bans.
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ImportedTexan wrote:
bblhd672 wrote:
RPBrown wrote:I suppose it would be just as your DL now, you would still be required to know the rules of each state you go through
:iagree:
I have two apps on my phone that have all 50 states gun laws and I always review the rules of each state I am going to be traveling through.

Which apps, that sounds handy? I do quite a bit of interstate travel.
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Liberty wrote: As I understand it, to be universally legal it should be,
Mags should be ten rounds or less and no hollowpoints. Are there any other restrictions?
What states restrict hollow points?
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Liberty wrote:If the Reciprocity act goes through, Interstate travelers will still have a dilemma. Certain guns, ammo and magazines are illegal in certain states.
As I understand it, to be universally legal it should be,
Mags should be ten rounds or less and no hollowpoints. Are there any other restrictions?
Would a 1911 with ball ammo be appropriate? Maybe a revolver?

Just curious because up till now I never considered packing anything else other than a 9mm high capacity loaded with defensive ammo. It would be nice to travel to all states legally. with a decent gun.
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Lynyrd wrote:
Liberty wrote: As I understand it, to be universally legal it should be,
Mags should be ten rounds or less and no hollowpoints. Are there any other restrictions?
What states restrict hollow points?


I know New Jersey does but I'd have to check Md, NY, Ct, RI and Ma. I don't think Ca does -----yet.
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Unknown how up to date or out of date this is:
ok it says 2010

Ammunition-Laws-By-State

https://s3.amazonaws.com/com.silencerco ... -State.pdf
do a word search for hollow points
odd that cities can pass laws in Cali so there's a patchwork of what's legal by city limits...
City of San Francisco
Banned Ammunition


It is unlawful for a licensee to sell, lease or otherwise transfer to any
person any ammunition that:
2

Serves no sporting purpose

Is designed to expand upon impact and utilize the
jacket, shot or materials em
bedded within the jacket or
shot to project or disperse ba
rbs or other objects that are
intended to increase the damage to a human body or
other target

Including, but not limited to:
1
Sacramento Municipal Code
§ 5.64.020(A)
2
San Francisco Police Code
§ 613.10(g)(1-3)
o
W
inchester Black Talon, Speer Gold
Dot, Federal Hydra Shok, Hornady XTP,
Eldorado Starfire, Hollow Point
Ammunition and Remington Golden
Sabre ammunition

Is designed to fragment upon impact

Including, but not limited to:
o
Black Rhino bullets and Glaser Safety
Slugs
o
Exception
1

Does not include lead core hollow point ammunition
when the purchase is made for official law enforcement
purposes and the purchaser is
authorized to make such a
purchase by the director of a public law enforcement
agency

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NotRPB wrote:Unknown how up to date or out of date this is:
ok it says 2010

Ammunition-Laws-By-State

https://s3.amazonaws.com/com.silencerco ... -State.pdf
do a word search for hollow points
odd that cities can pass laws in Cali so there's a patchwork of what's legal by city limits...
City of San Francisco
Banned Ammunition


It is unlawful for a licensee to sell, lease or otherwise transfer to any
person any ammunition that:
2

Serves no sporting purpose

Is designed to expand upon impact and utilize the
jacket, shot or materials em
bedded within the jacket or
shot to project or disperse ba
rbs or other objects that are
intended to increase the damage to a human body or
other target

Including, but not limited to:
1
Sacramento Municipal Code
§ 5.64.020(A)
2
San Francisco Police Code
§ 613.10(g)(1-3)
o
W
inchester Black Talon, Speer Gold
Dot, Federal Hydra Shok, Hornady XTP,
Eldorado Starfire, Hollow Point
Ammunition and Remington Golden
Sabre ammunition

Is designed to fragment upon impact

Including, but not limited to:
o
Black Rhino bullets and Glaser Safety
Slugs
o
Exception
1

Does not include lead core hollow point ammunition
when the purchase is made for official law enforcement
purposes and the purchaser is
authorized to make such a
purchase by the director of a public law enforcement
agency
This law appears to only cover the sale or transfer of hollow point ammo, so unless you are planning to sell ammo while visiting, it shouldn't impact you.

But I agree that we will have a patch work of laws and regulations to navigate, even if this passes. Still would be better than the current state, though.

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We don't have reciprocity yet and I am not counting on it. Republicans seem to be all talk and no action. But be aware that some states have restrictions on the sale of certain firearms but that may not mean you can't carry them. California has a list of "compliant" guns that can be sold there. Massachusetts has restrictions on I believe trigger pull of certain guns. This is when you hate states rights. NJ has a ban on hollow points. I think even carrying ammo in DC is a crime.
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rotor wrote:We don't have reciprocity yet and I am not counting on it. Republicans seem to be all talk and no action. But be aware that some states have restrictions on the sale of certain firearms but that may not mean you can't carry them. California has a list of "compliant" guns that can be sold there. Massachusetts has restrictions on I believe trigger pull of certain guns. This is when you hate states rights. NJ has a ban on hollow points. I think even carrying ammo in DC is a crime.
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Wouldn't even get close to passing in the Senate and even if it did would be held up by leftist "lawfare" and liberal judges until a new Democrat majority repealed it. There's also the libertarian argument, which I somewhat subscribe to, that the Federal government should have no role in regulation of criminal enforcement powers of states, EXCEPT to the extent that they infringe on Constitutional rights of citizens or directly affect interstate commerce.
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