Posted: 5/1/2024 2:52:32 PM EDT
[Last Edit: DDiggler][Edited]
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I will be going on-site to my company, located in DC, for a week. I'm planning on taking my motorcycle (with a lockable trunk/saddlebags). I'll be staying in a hotel for those days. After I'm done in DC, I'm planning on riding down the east coast and taking some time in various states, which I do have reciprocity in. I would like to take my CCW with me, not specifically for the work segment of my trip, but for the traveling I'm doing afterwards. Is the DC segment enough to scuttle this idea entirely? I'm wondering if locking my handgun and ammo up separately until I'm in my room, and then keeping it locked up in my hotel room while I'm in DC is enough to be legal, or are the laws going to require that I'm unarmed for this entire trip? Leaving the CCW at home isn't a dealbreaker for me, but I am wondering what my legal options are. A separate lockbox for the handgun, in my luggage where I can't easily get it while traveling (locked in my trunk), then stored in my hotel OK? Obviously I don't have anything "registered" with DC. |
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BLUF: Not a good plan. Stay across the river in VA. You should be able to rely on FOPA protection to transport through the city, potentially with a brief stop for gas or food, as long as it is stored in accordance with their rules, but being in the city otherwise with an unregistered firearm is a no go. Even possession of ammunition or components of ammunition (including spent brass) is a misdemeanor in DC if you don't have a firearm registered with Metro PD. Non-residents who get a DC CHP can only carry a pistol they have registered with the MPD. It's that strict. More info. |
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Originally Posted By scuba_steve: BLUF: Not a good plan. Stay across the river in VA. You should be able to rely on FOPA protection to transport through the city, potentially with a brief stop for gas or food, as long as it is stored in accordance with their rules, but being in the city otherwise with an unregistered firearm is a no go. Even possession of ammunition or components of ammunition (including spent brass) is a misdemeanor in DC if you don't have a firearm registered with Metro PD. Non-residents who get a DC CHP can only carry a pistol they have registered with the MPD. It's that strict. More info. That's what I thought. My hotel is selected and paid for by my company, within easy walking distance of the office, so it looks like I'll be making this whole journey sans CCW. Thanks! |
Where there's sacrifice, there's someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there's service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master. -Ayn Rand
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Originally Posted By DDiggler: That's what I thought. My hotel is selected and paid for by my company, within easy walking distance of the office, so it looks like I'll be making this whole journey sans CCW. Thanks! Alternatively, you can see if someone in the VA HTF who lives in Alexandria or Arlington might be able to store it for you. Unfortunately, I'm further out. |
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Just don't get caught. That's all I can say. The odds are pretty much nil if nothing you have looks "tactical. " Also, and this is for everyone. Maids are trained to look specifically for guns. They will scour your room looking . Eta. the US attys office is out for blood on this. |