Summer 2012 • www.NRALE.org • (703) 267-1640 • LE@nrahq.org

By Tim LoseNRA LAw eNfoRcemeNT DivisioN sTAff iNsTRucToR

InmyjobasaStaffFirearmsInstruc-tor for the NRA Law Enforcement Divi-sion,Ioftengetquestionsfromstudentsastohowtotaketheirgunswhentheyfly.Ifrequentlyflytoschoollocationswithmyowngunsandgenerallyitisn’tthathardaslongasyouknow,andfollow,therules. Therearethreesetsofrulesandregu-lationsthatyouneedtobefamiliarwith:TSA regulations, the airline regulations,and the laws of the jurisdiction you aretraveling to. Being prepared will makethingseasierforyou. Ifyou’renewatthis,youshouldgotothewebsitesoftheairlineandtheTSAandread what they have to say about trans-porting guns. TSA regulations are actu-allyfairlysimpleandstraightforward.TheCodeofFederalRegulationsTitle49part1544.203requirethatgunsare:

1.Unloaded2.Inalockedhardsidecase3.Declared when you check in at thecounter (you cannot use curbsidecheckinwhencheckingguns).

Tim Lose has been an NRA LE Division staff instructor for 4 years. He retired from the Anne Arundel County (Maryland) Police Department in 2008, and was in the Army National Guard for 21 years.

HAVEGUN,WILL TRAVEL

Flying With GunsIf your gun case is small, like a pis-

tol case, itmay beplaced insideanotherpieceofcheckedluggage,butthecaseit-selfmustbelockedregardlessofwhetheryourluggageislocked.Makesuretheguncase is accessible, because you will havetoopenitwhencheckingin.OntheTSAsite under “Frequently AskedQuestions”itstatesthatTSAlocksareacceptableforgun cases. Due tomy own security con-cerns,Ineverusethemonaguncase,butit’syourchoice.

Ifthecaseislargeitmaybecheckedasaseparatepieceofluggage.TheTSAdoesnotputany limitonthenumberofgunsincheckedluggage,butbearinmindyourairline’sweightlimits.TSAalsostatesthat,“Firearms magazines and ammunitionclipsmustbesecurelyboxedor includedwithin a hard-sided case containing anunloaded firearm.” Gun parts, includingmagazines,arenotallowedinyourcarry-onandmustbeinyourcheckedluggage.

Ammunitionmaybeinthecasewiththegunsorinyourcheckedluggage.Us-ingtheoriginalammoboxisprobablysim-plest,butyoumayuseanothertypeofboxdesignedtocarryammunition.Theusualweightlimitforammunitionis11lbs.

Mostairlineregulationsarefairlysim-ilar,butdon’tassumethatanairlineyou’veneverflownonwill be thesameaseveryother one. If there’s someone directingpassengerswhenyou’relininguptocheckin,IfinditbesttotellthemthenthatI’mchecking guns. Itmaymake a differencewhich lineyouendup in,sinceyouhavetodealwithanactualperson,notjustanautomatedkiosk.

Whenyoucheckintherewillusuallybe a small form to fill out onwhich youstate that the guns are unloaded. Someinclude information such as your name,contactinformation,andwhereyou’refly-ing fromandto.Atone timethefirearmcardwasrequiredtobeontheoutsideofthecase,butitnowgoesinside.

Generally,it’sbesttobepoliteandpa-tientwith airline personnel. Realize thatyoumay bemore familiarwith the rulesthan they are. Rather than get annoyed,look on it as an opportunity to educatethem.Standonyourrightswhenyouneedto,butasmileandakindwordwillhelpsmoothyourpath.

Be aware that different airportsmay have different ways of dealing withcheckedguns.Allowingalittleextratimeforcheckinisalwaysagoodideaifyou’reunfamiliarwiththeairportyou’reusing.

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By JAmes BARANowski, esq.NRA-iLA

During a recent presentation on LEOSA atthe International Law Enforcement Educa-tors and Trainers Association Conference(ILEETA),Iaddressedthefactthatindividu-als carrying under LEOSA do not qualifyfor thesameexemptionssomestatepermitholders benefit from in terms of carryingconcealedfirearmsinFederalParksandGunFree School Zones (GFSZ). The surprisedlooksandconcernsfromtheaudienceraisedagiantredflag:iftheexpertsouttheredon’tknow this, how many others may be un-knowinglyviolatingthelaw?

While LEOSA affords qualified active andretiredlawenforcementofficerstheprivilegetocarryaconcealedfirearminallfiftystates,the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, andallotherU.S.possessions(excepttheCanalZone),itdoescontainsomerestrictions.

Explicitlywrittenintothestatuteareseveralareasconsideredoff-limitstothosecarryingunderLEOSA,suchasrestrictions imposedbyprivatepersonsorentitiesontheirprop-ertyandthoseimposedonstateorlocalgov-ernment property, installations, buildingsandparks.Whatisnotincludedinthestat-uteiswhereproblemsmayarise.

Per 18U.S.C. § 930(a)an individual ispro-hibited from possessing or attempting topossessafirearminaFederalfacility,whichisbroadlydefinedinthestatutetoinclude“abuildingorpartthereofownedorleasedbytheFederalGovernment,whereFederalem-ployeesareregularlypresentforthepurposeofperformingtheirofficialduties.”

While thebanonpossession in Federal fa-cilities appears to be well understood andrecognizedbythosecarryingunderLEOSA,theexemptionswhichallowindividualswithastateissuedpermittocarryconcealedfire-armsinFederalparklandsandthroughGF-SZ’sarenot.

The exemptions for these areas (36 C.F.R.§§2.4(e)&(h),18U.S.C.§922(q))allowforindividualscarryingconcealedinaccordancewiththelawsofthestateinwhichthefederalparkorGFSZislocatedtocarryconcealedinthem*;however,an individualcarryingun-derLEOSAiscarryingunderFEDERALLAWandnot inaccordancewith the lawsof thestate they are in. What thismeans is thatyouareNOTexemptedfromcarryingacon-cealedfirearmintheseareasUNLESSyouareonofficialdutyorpossesavalidandqualify-ingstateissuedconcealedcarrypermit.

Don’tthinkthisappliestoyou?Thinkagain.Go check out your local Planning Depart-ment’swebsite or take a quick look at SanFrancisco Planning Department’s GFSZmap (http://www.sf-planning.org/index.aspx?page=2337). Most cities are so ladenwithGFSZ’sthatitisvirtuallyimpossibletotravelanywherewithoutinadvertentlypass-ingthroughoneofthem.

Sowhatdoesthismeanforyou?Whiletherehave been no known prosecutions of indi-viduals violating these laws while carryingunderLEOSA(onemustassumethatprofes-sional courtesy and the lack of knowledgeontheissuehaspreventedthis),youshouldalwaysprotectyourselfbyobtainingastateissuedconcealedcarrypermitinadditiontoyour LEOSA credentials. Most states havereciprocitylawsandagreementswhichallowforvastrecognitionoftheirpermitsthrough-outthecountryandsomeevenallowyoutoapplyasanon-resident.** Bottom line:al-waysbeawareofyoursurroundings,asigno-ranceisnotadefensetothelaw.

*Federal buildings located on the propertyare still prohibited places per 18 U.S.C. §930(a)

**More information about state reciprocityandrecognitionagreementscanbefoundathttp://www.nraila.org/gun-laws.aspx.

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off-limit Areas?

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