I just found out last week that I have to go to South Carolina for training all next week.
I will be flying into North Carolina, with a short drive to the location in South Carolina.
First I researched the rules for flying with a weapon. Seems pretty straightforward, hard case that is locked, gun unloaded, magazines unloaded, and ammo in a cardboard ammo box (i.e. the box you bought it in). Check in the case when I get to the ticket counter, etc. For this I need to buy a case, found some at Gander Mountain in Portage.
I then went to
http://www.handgunlaw.us/, and verified that the NC & SC laws are basically the same as Michigan's and they recognize MI CPLs. I will be reviewing the PDFs for them in detail.
The trip down is Kalamazoo to Detroit, then my destination. No problem.
However, before I invest in a case, my return trip is a two stop - Laguardia in New York and then Detroit. So I wanted to see if others read this the way I do.
Handgunlaw indicates you are only good in NY if you are passing through. It also mentions that some have been arrested or had their gun confiscated in NY when flying.
http://www.handgunlaw.us/documents/doj_doc_nyc_air.pdf I read this PDF and it appears that it is only those who drive to the airport with their firearm, prepared for legal airline travel, and not those flying through.
Since the airline will have possession of my unloaded and locked firearm while I am traveling through, I should be good to go, as per the Federal law allowing transportation of legally possessed firearms through various states.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/926AI think I should be good to go, provided I meet the requirements to transport my gun.
However, I don't want to have to deal with the craziness that is NY gun laws, etc. I can't see any reason for NY LEOs to care about my gun, even if they are the ones providing baggage screening to connecting flights, since I won't be the one in control of it.
Anyone have any experience flying with a gun through New York have any issues?
~ Larry