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January 25th, 2022, 06:26 PM #21
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January 25th, 2022, 08:26 PM #24
Re: Carrying handgun to Florida on motorcycle?
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January 25th, 2022, 08:29 PM #25
Re: Carrying handgun to Florida on motorcycle?
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January 25th, 2022, 09:39 PM #26
Re: Carrying handgun to Florida on motorcycle?
That would be the Natchez Trace... From just West of Nashville TN to Nachez MS on the Mississippi River. Nice way to pass a couple of days (or more) if you are heading in either direction.
Here's a good source of info: http://npmaps.com/natchez-trace/Last edited by gghbi; January 25th, 2022 at 10:06 PM.
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January 25th, 2022, 11:40 PM #27
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January 25th, 2022, 11:53 PM #28Grand Member
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January 26th, 2022, 03:41 AM #29
Re: Carrying handgun to Florida on motorcycle?
I have dreamed of that trip for a few years. My dad lives near Tampa and my wife and I try to drive down once a year but ive never riden down and back. I haven't had enough vacation to do the trip right and stay off the interstates and just relax and ride. When my wife and I drive down we are usually just trying to get down and back as efficiently as we can.
Anyway, as was said, Maryland is the only state you need to unload and lock the gun up. I live on the MD/PA line so I do some riding through MD, I've got a hard plastic pistol box and a small pad lock and I just unload the gun and lock it in the box and put it in a saddle bag while riding through MD. don't be afraid of MD, it sucks but as long as you comply with 18 code us 196a and keep it unloaded and locked up, and conduct yourself reasonably if you were to somehow get stopped while in MD, you will either be good to go or will eventually win a decent law suite against the state. Seriously, if you are in compliance with the law and conduct yourself normally, a LEO would have to venture way outside of the law to jamb you up, not that that couldn't happen but it could, and has, happened in Pa or any other place as well.
If you go through SC (sounds like you may avoid SC), they require the gun to be off your person and placed in a console or glove compartment. It doesnt need to be unloaded or locked. While on a motorcycle a closed and fastened tank bag or saddle bag complies with SC requirements, really as long as the gun isn't on your person or able to be directly obtained without opening a closed and fastened compartment you are good to go. You can not carry it on your person in SC so if you stop over night in SC you are on your own to decide how to handle that. I've heard of people that do carry it from their vehicle to their hotel room and back, without issue though.Last edited by ray h; January 26th, 2022 at 04:16 AM.
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January 30th, 2022, 11:59 AM #30PickingPA Guest
Re: Carrying handgun to Florida on motorcycle?
I don’t mean to steer away from the bike trip, but I’m curious about SC. I had just assumed SC was similar to MD -red on the map (get through as quickly as possible, no stops, gun and ammo separated and locked blah blah, no more than 5mph over the limit)
I’ll be driving to Florida (first time to FL since I began carrying regularly) with the family at some point this summer and I realize MD & SC are the areas of legal caution. I’ll take 81 to limit my exposure in MD, but there’s just no way to avoid hours of driving through SC without really going out and around.
Distance and time-wise, SC would be our logical stop for overnight lodging. However, to comply with FOPA, we are planning on slugging through and spending the night in Georgia. That last few hours through SC is going to be a nightmare with the kids.
But now reading some of the replies in this thread, it would appear that SC is not MD level restrictive in regards to non-reciprocal LTCF carriers. I looked up the info that was referenced in this thread and it confirms that vehicle carry is allowed, loaded and within reach (glove box, closed console ok)
And I didn’t know Florida requires all carry to be concealed. Not that I’d open carry anyway, as I rarely do. But it’s good to know to be cautious about printing, which is tricky in the summer with shorts and a t-shirt
Thanks for the info
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