Federal law applies in NYC too
The FOPA stipulates it is a defense to state gun charges for those traveling interstate with their firearms so long as possession is legal in state they start in and the state the end up in. And the weapon is unloaded, etc. NYC has long ignored that law and prosecuted people anyway. Well, a court rules that the law applies there too:
New York criminal defense law firm Tilem & Campbell announced today that all charges were dismissed against a client charged with possessing a loaded firearm in Bronx County, New York.
Good.
Via David, who has more.
September 26th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
Thats excellent…
I live on LI, and when I travel with my rifles, I have to take care to skirt the city as much as possible… which I think is impossible to actually do. I know for sure to go to upstate NY I have pass through Queens, and the Bronx… which i think is illegal.
September 27th, 2008 at 1:32 am
Hope he now files a cilvil suit for false arrest, KNOWINGLY done.