Another NOPD facepalm (NOT A LEO BASHFEST!!)

[Dave328]

I'm going to Corpus for a wedding. We're flying, my parents are driving. Rather than deal with checking my guns and hoping they make it with a plane change, my dad will transport them for me, locked in a case. Don't know why, but dad mentions this to his neighbor who happens to be rank in NOPD. He freaks out and tells him he's violating all kinds of federal firearms laws by doing so. Mainly, it's illegal to have any firearm in a vehicle in Texas, JUST LIKE LOUISIANA!!! I just told him sometimes you can't fix stupid and to not drive like a maniac and endanger my babies! I don't understand why basic firearms laws aren't taught in POST. Or maybe if they are, they're forgotten quickly. (at least in NOLA) We got a looong way to go.

 

[charlie12]

Damn.

 

[cajun 22]

That's why you keep your gun business to yourself. Concealed is consealed.

Good Luck in Corpus.

 

[jmcrawf1]

Corpus Christi huh? I hope you brush up on your espanol

 

[Dave328]

Corpus Christi huh? I hope you brush up on your espanol

Tell me about it! NO JOY HERE!! Last time I was in Corpus was for a NJROTC drill competition in 86. We stayed in BEQ on the NAS. From what I understand, it has changed very little. However, it is the birthplace of Whataburger! They do have what looks like a nice outdoor range though.

 

[Bayoupiper]

Well we know how he got his rank........




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[oleheat]

Though not to the extent that he suggested, Texas handgun laws are kind of quirky....

 

[Dave328]

Though not to the extent that he suggested, Texas handgun laws are kind of quirky....

True. just like most states. But tx just cleared up car carry with a law that says if you can legally own a gun, you can have it in your car. cleared up all the legalese.

 

[jmcrawf1]

Tell me about it! NO JOY HERE!! Last time I was in Corpus was for a NJROTC drill competition in 86. We stayed in BEQ on the NAS. From what I understand, it has changed very little. However, it is the birthplace of Whataburger! They do have what looks like a nice outdoor range though.

Ohhhh I see now. The wedding is just a cover up for your pilgramage to Mecca

in the Wally world down there they make the announcements in Spanish first English second.

 

[oleheat]

True. just like most states. But tx just cleared up car carry with a law that says if you can legally own a gun, you can have it in your car. cleared up all the legalese.

I sure hope so .....They actually had a law that said you could have a handgun in your vehicle- JUST NOT IN PLAIN SIGHT!

That was beyond absurd!

 

[kirkdbergeron]

Ohhhh I see now. The wedding is just a cover up for your pilgramage to Mecca

in the Wally world down there they make the announcements in Spanish first English second.

I was down in Brownsville a few years ago they just made the announcements in Spanish didn't even bother to do the english one!

 

[sraacke]

That's why you keep your gun business to yourself. Concealed is consealed.

Good Luck in Corpus.

And Open means Open. Sounds like the NOPD neighbor needs to read up on the laws.

 

[flamatrix99]

I sure hope so .....They actually had a law that said you could have a handgun in your vehicle- JUST NOT IN PLAIN SIGHT!

That was beyond absurd!

I had a co worker tell me that was also the law in Louisiana.

 

[charlie12]

I had a co worker tell me that was also the law in Louisiana.

Hope he knows more about Nukes than he does about gun laws

 

[sraacke]

I had a co worker tell me that was also the law in Louisiana.

That, like so many other gun laws which don't actually exist are a result of people who don't really know the laws passing on bad information over and over.
You will hear that you can't have a loaded gun in your car. Ask enough questions and eventually someone will say "Well I had a game warden tell me that because people were shooting deer along the roadside from their pickups.
Similar tales come about from the Has To Be In Plain View tales. I've acutally had people tell me that's why you had gun racks mounted in the back window of your pickup, so that the gun is always in plain view. Somewhere someone heard that and took it as law.
Then there's the it Has To Be Unloaded misinformation. In some states it's ilegal to transport your gun loaded where you can get to it. Others you can do so only if you have a CHP. This is not true here in La but people will say, "Well my cousin said that it's illegal in Michican (or Illinios or where ever) so it must be that way here".
It is similar to the "Law & Order" laws I often hear repeated like "you need to register your gun" or "You need to be licensed to have a gun". Tell them, " No you don't in La and you need to stop watching so much TV and spreading misinformation".

 

[jgreco15]

Well we know how he got his rank........




.

skin flute?

 

[Bayoupiper]

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skin flute?

 

[oleheat]

I had a co worker tell me that was also the law in Louisiana.

Tell him that only applies to semi-automatic assault pistols!

 

[eman2k5]

Rank tends to forget laws after some time, they are in the business of policing us and not the public. They will know policy......

Thats just my .02, other dept/divisions different cup of tea....

 

[Bullet]

My employer had a JPSO in uniform come to our office for a safety class and he stated a pistol in holster worn on the outside was a concealed weapon.