Impact of Firearms Laws on Airports (2016) / Chapter Skim
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15 evidence. Based on the appeals court's approach in Heller II, the District had to show that its firearms laws "‘promote[]
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16 In some areas of the United States, a person may traverse the boundaries of two or more states when en route to an airport and thereby become subject to different laws on the same journey, as illustrated by two New Jersey cases, Revell v. Port Authority of New York,158 discussed in Section XIV.D, and New Jersey v.
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17 In Arkansas, where open carry is legal, a person "may keep a handgun in his vehicle and [the] handgun may be concealed in his vehicle even without a concealed-carry license,"171 according to the state's attorney general.
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18 transportation" provision of H.B. 89, as codified at O.C.G.A.
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19 establish that the defendant knowingly transported a loaded firearm. Thus, similar to the Illinois statute, to transport a firearm in a vehicle in Michigan, other than a pistol, the firearm must be taken down, enclosed in a case, carried in the trunk of the vehicle, and be inaccessible from the interior of the vehicle.197 In an Ohio case, State v Henderson,198 the defendant, a resident of West Virginia, was arrested for the improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle in Ohio.199 Henderson's concealed carry permit issued in West Virginia had expired.
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20 does not have a compartment separate from the passenger compartment, the firearm must be "contained in a locked container other than the glove compartment or console."211 In 2008, Florida enacted the Preservation and Protection of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms in Motor Vehicles Act. The Act recites the legislature's decision that "no citizen can or should be required to waive or abrogate his or her right to possess and securely keep firearms and ammunition locked within his or her motor vehicle by virtue of becoming a customer, employee, or invitee of any employer or business establishment within the state, unless specifically required by state or federal law."212 In Minnesota, even if a person has a permit to carry a firearm,213 the permit holder may not transport a firearm unless it is unloaded and in a secured gun case or unloaded and in the closed trunk of a motor vehicle.214 Virginia law permits the carrying of a handgun in one's own motor vehicle when the handgun is secured in a container or in a compartment in the vehicle, but does not state whether a firearm has to be unloaded.215 3.
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