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Originally Posted by legion

There are some pretty notorious stories out of the northeast about how they treat gun owners.

I seem to recall a few convictions got overturned in New Jersey because state police were directing vehicles off the interstate for a "safety inspection". Thing is, they were only picking off vehicles with out of state plates going northbound in the fall that looked like they might be headed to Maine for some hunting. They'd direct the vehicle into a school parking lot for the "safety inspection" where some probably cause would be generated for a vehicle search. Of course they would turn up unloaded hunting rifles in locked cases in accordance with federal safe passage laws. These would be ignored and the vehicle occupants would be arrested on the spot and charged with a felony for taking a gun onto school grounds.

That sounds like the kind of thing that should make national news and result in someone suing everyone and their brother to make it into a big deal.

That sounds more like something that you'd run into in Louisiana

In another NJ case, a history professor was given something like 30 years for having an antique flintlock pistol in his vehicle (not even legally considered a firearm) when he volunteered the information during a traffic stop.

I hear Maryland isn't much better.

Yeah, I've got a buddy that's an ex-marine that's from NJ and is unlikely to go back. Some places are just crazy. And from what I understand, it's pretty standard practice in NJ to carry a bat, ball and glove in your car, that way if you ever need the bat....