I guess I will put this here since their is not a fleet owners sections,

Yes, I'm sure all the NJ, NY, and DC cops would see it your way.

 

I don't think our favorite radio host put it in print. The short version is they spotted a fancy RV passing thru town with Oregon plates, a state where weed is legal, and pulled him over for probably speeding by 1 or 2 mph. The radio license check came back with a bunch of made up bogus criminal background, so they searched. They found the weed they were looking for and the guns were a bonus. They took him to the courthouse and offered to just charge him for paraphernalia and pay the big fine on the spot with a card and go on his way. Or, get a court date, post bond on much more serious charges, and hopefully get his property out of impound with a court victory.

 

To be clear, I don't have a problem with good guys carrying guns, and carry one myself at times. Just not in the big truck, as a rule. In my own business, the risk of a lethal attack that I could only defend with a firearm is much, much lower than that firearm leading to getting arrested and my truck and any cargo impounded. I don't hold it against anyone that visits riskier locations, or just likes to exercise their rights. That's really none of my business. I only started what I thought I would do in the OP scenario.

 

I remember a few years back there was a news item about police mistakenly kicking in a 92 year old woman's door during a botched drug raid. She hit 3 of them with a revolver. The cops let off 40 or 50 rounds, and only hit her 5 or 6 times...but that was enough to kill her. Hell, she was 92. Just busting down her door could've sent her into cardiac arrest...

 

Some states treat the FOPA as an affirmative defense. They'll still arrest you, and then you get a court date where you can try to convince the judge that you are protected by the FOPA and met all of the requisites.

 

It doesn't matter if they see it my way or not. They have no choice but to see it the way the law is written. And the law allows me to make a quick stop in the course of traveling through the state. Dc being an exception simply cause there is no reason to go into dc if you are traveling through.

However i would recommend anyone carrying while they travel to print out a copy of FOPA and have with you just in case you get an uneducated officer.

 

That's a little misleading. In every case I've read the traveler decided to stop and do some sight seeing. Or travel a very indirect route. If you are leaving Ohio with a Texas destination and you get searched in DC or NYC its pretty tough to argue you are protected by FOPA. Samething with a guy going from Florida to maine and deciding to stop to see the statue of liberty.

But if you got your ducks in a row and don't dress or talk like a gang banging drug dealer you have almost zero chance of getting arrested for transporting a firearm legally.

 

Last time I checked it was illegal to have a firearm in a commercial vehicle

 

That just means you have never actually checked. It has never at any time been illegal to have a firearm in a commercial vehicle.

 

Both the NRA-ILA and USCCA sites both state pretty much exactly what I posted.