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OK, this is going to sound silly, but here goes.
Is there a safe, legal and more importantly, practical / realistic way to temporarily store a gun in a state that borders another state that bans gun ownership or transport, so you can visit for a little while on your way across the country?
(let's assume you don't have any friends in the area)
I've been wanting to do a road-trip from California to Maine for a few years now, and until recently, I figured it would be easy, even if I decided to bring a small .22 target pistol along for the ride.
Then about a week ago, I found out about the ridiculous and draconian gun laws in places like New York, New Jersey and Maryland, that would make my trip a lot more difficult than I'd hoped.
I thought about a locker at the bus station, but when I checked the Greyhound website, it stated that the lockers were only good for 24 hours..... and I'm not entirely sure if you don't have to be a ticket holder to use them.
You'd also have to luck out and find a station in the area you were in, or reasonably close to it.
A bank safety deposit box is out. You pay for those by the year, not the month, and the bank likely has a rule against storing guns in them (if they find out).
Public Storage? Not likely, unless you planned to stay in NY for a month and PS had a tiny storage container you could rent at a reasonable price.
Of course this idea wouldn't be practical on a road trip unless NY, NJ or MD was your final destination. Having to drive back and fort to drop off and pick up your gun before continuing on in your original direction, would add way too many miles to your trip.
Forgive me if this sounds like an idiotic question. Sometimes I get the urge to torture myself by overthinking something 'till my head hurts. Hey look, it's working!
Is there a safe, legal and more importantly, practical / realistic way to temporarily store a gun in a state that borders another state that bans gun ownership or transport, so you can visit for a little while on your way across the country?
(let's assume you don't have any friends in the area)
I've been wanting to do a road-trip from California to Maine for a few years now, and until recently, I figured it would be easy, even if I decided to bring a small .22 target pistol along for the ride.
Then about a week ago, I found out about the ridiculous and draconian gun laws in places like New York, New Jersey and Maryland, that would make my trip a lot more difficult than I'd hoped.
I thought about a locker at the bus station, but when I checked the Greyhound website, it stated that the lockers were only good for 24 hours..... and I'm not entirely sure if you don't have to be a ticket holder to use them.
You'd also have to luck out and find a station in the area you were in, or reasonably close to it.
A bank safety deposit box is out. You pay for those by the year, not the month, and the bank likely has a rule against storing guns in them (if they find out).
Public Storage? Not likely, unless you planned to stay in NY for a month and PS had a tiny storage container you could rent at a reasonable price.
Of course this idea wouldn't be practical on a road trip unless NY, NJ or MD was your final destination. Having to drive back and fort to drop off and pick up your gun before continuing on in your original direction, would add way too many miles to your trip.
Forgive me if this sounds like an idiotic question. Sometimes I get the urge to torture myself by overthinking something 'till my head hurts. Hey look, it's working!
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