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    Default Legal to carry a friends gun?

    This is probably a stupid question, but I want to hear it from you guys. If you OC or CC a gun, does it have to be yours? I thought that as long as the gun has been obtained legally, it is fine.

    Another (unrelated) question- if an officer were to run the serial number on a weapon you are carrying, are they able to see who the gun is licensed/registered to? My father bought the gun that I carry, and I know the father to son transfer requires no paperwork.

    Thanks

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    Default Re: Legal to carry a friends gun?

    You need a LTCF to accept a firearm loan.

    No registration in PA

    Cops do use and keep an illegal sales database though

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    Default Re: Legal to carry a friends gun?

    The only way a person can lend you a handgun is if you have a LTCF. If stopped, it is possible an over-zealous LEO could take the gun. ...same thing if a parent had fully given you a handgun.

    LEO's are using PA's Record of Sale database as a registration. And they are known to seize guns that the records dont match the person who is carrying it.
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    Default Re: Legal to carry a friends gun?

    Quote Originally Posted by knight0334 View Post
    The only way a person can lend you a handgun is if you have a LTCF. If stopped, it is possible an over-zealous LEO could take the gun. ...same thing if a parent had fully given you a handgun.

    LEO's are using PA's Record of Sale database as a registration. And they are known to seize guns that the records dont match the person who is carrying it.
    I guess I forgot to mention that i do have my LTCF.
    I'm alright with them seizing it as long as A) I don't end up in jail, and B) I get it back

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    Default Re: Legal to carry a friends gun?

    Quote Originally Posted by joeyd71 View Post
    I guess I forgot to mention that i do have my LTCF.
    I'm alright with them seizing it as long as A) I don't end up in jail, and B) I get it back
    You're ok with your rights being violated and your property illegally seized? You know there's people that haven't gotten their firearms back after an illegal seizure? Do you think they'll just give it back if you say please? No, it'll cost you a couple thousand in legal fees and probably a court order to get it back.

    May want to reconsider being ok with it.
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    Default Re: Legal to carry a friends gun?

    Quote Originally Posted by streaker69 View Post
    You're ok with your rights being violated and your property illegally seized? You know there's people that haven't gotten their firearms back after an illegal seizure? Do you think they'll just give it back if you say please? No, it'll cost you a couple thousand in legal fees and probably a court order to get it back.

    May want to reconsider being ok with it.
    I could have rephrased it better. No, I'm not cool with an illegal seizure. But I'd rather have it seized than do jail time (and have it be seized anyways).
    Last edited by joeyd71; February 13th, 2012 at 12:16 AM.

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    Default Re: Legal to carry a friends gun?

    i`m almost sure i read somewhere in the pa gun laws that as long as the weapon is legal, it can be carried by a person that can legally carry the weapon. . but i`m not a lawyer, and i`m not sure where i read the admendment.

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    Default Re: Legal to carry a friends gun?

    This is an interesting thread. What about the millions of handguns out there that were sold before 1968 and have no traceability, transfer or "registration" to an owner? Inquiring minds want to know. TT
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    Default Re: Legal to carry a friends gun?

    Quote Originally Posted by TimeTraveler View Post
    This is an interesting thread. What about the millions of handguns out there that were sold before 1968 and have no traceability, transfer or "registration" to an owner? Inquiring minds want to know. TT
    You have to hope you dont run into a department where the officers are not educated and well trained.

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    Default Re: Legal to carry a friends gun?

    Quote Originally Posted by TimeTraveler View Post
    This is an interesting thread. What about the millions of handguns out there that were sold before 1968 and have no traceability, transfer or "registration" to an owner? Inquiring minds want to know. TT
    Quote Originally Posted by SteelCityK9Cop View Post
    You have to hope you dont run into a department where the officers are not educated and well trained.
    Does MPOTEC training cover any of this?

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