[Vector]

I read a story in newsday today, a guy got stopped by the Suffolk police because he was carrying a rifle down the street and they didn't arrest him. The cops said they couldn't arrest him because he wasn't menacing anyone. Why would someone carry a rifle in public ?

In all my years on LI, I've only seen one firearm in plain view. Some duck hunter was coming home from the bay on his bike and he had his shotgun tied across his handle bars and a string of ducks hanging in the back. It was a very strange sight to see in Nassau county. You'd think nothing of it upstate, but down here its different .
This isn't an anti gun rant. I collect guns and hunt . But its strange to see someone walking down the street with a rifle in his hand and nothing is done about it.

 

[Vector]

maybe I'll take a walk on Jones Beach with my enfield rifle

 

[wader]

I don't believe it is illegal to carry gun in public so why should someone arrest him?

Question him - of course - to make sure he's not actually ready to go on a shooting rampage - but arrest him?

I don't really think it's illegal to carry a gun in public.

 

[canyonfvr]

It wasnt loaded at least

 

[fish4me]

Carrying a rifle in public is not illegal.

 

[gverb1219]

As long as the long gun is not loaded, there is nothing illegal about it..

..............strange maybe, but not illegal

 

[Musella]

When I went to Nassau Community College, (class of 197

, I was in the rod and gun club.. We used to pick up our rifles in the security office and walk across campus to the rifle range with the rifles in plain sight!

 

[fish4me]

NYS State Requirements
Rifles and Shotguns

* Permit to purchase rifles and shotguns? No.

* Registration of rifles and shotguns? No, except in New York City.

* Licensing of owners of rifles and shotguns? No, except in New York City.

* Permit to carry rifles and shotguns? No, except in New York City.

 

[edvac]

chamber opened unloaded

but if your not in a proximity of a place to shoot it or a good reason 4 carrying it

like u cant hang out on the corner with it nd your friends


they will take it nd probably u to

very gray aria

 

[AZFISHKILLER]

You can carry it and have it loaded in Arizona, as long as it is in plain site, or you have a concealed carry permit.

 

[Hunt n' Fish]

I'm pretty sure he could have it loaded too. The ECL prohibits having a loaded long gun in a automobile. Not in a boat. And not in the field, and not walking down the street. Doesn't mean it's a smart thing to do. Can't discharge it within 500' of a dwelling though.

When I was too young to drive, about 15 years ago, I used to ride my bike from Holbrook over to Bayport with my bow strapped across my handlebars, to see John Moore at Highplains Archery. Occasionally I got a few strange looks, but most people just didn't know. Was there any reason given for why this guy was walking around with the gun? Just bought it? Going/ooming from the range?

 

[edvac]

as i recall its or was 300 ft.... nd loaded with nothing in the chamber may be but mine was empty

 

[MakoMike]

When I was a kid we used to carry our rifles back and forth to school at the beginning and end of the school year on the subway! O.K. they were cased, but everyone knew what was inside the case and no one ever said a word.

 

[crabman1130]

Hunt n' Fish wrote:

When I was too young to drive, about 15 years ago, I used to ride my bike from Holbrook over to Bayport with my bow strapped across my handlebars,

Was it loaded???

 

[psycopanhead]

and dont getcaught within 500 feet of any school

 

[MakoMike]

psycopanhead wrote:
and dont getcaught within 500 feet of any school

We used to keep and use our guns inside the school! The rifle range was inside the school in th basement!

 

[Vector]

I was on my schools rifle team back in the early 80's

MakoMike wrote:
psycopanhead wrote:
and dont getcaught within 500 feet of any school

We used to keep and use our guns inside the school! The rifle range was inside the school in th basement!

Our rifle range was in the school basement. I brought my 22 to the school range and sighted it in !
Newsday use to report the school rifle scores. It was neat seeing my name in the paper . Rifle teams are a thing of the past on LI. The liberals got their way.

 

[Striper77]

Musella wrote:
When I went to Nassau Community College, (class of 197

, I was in the rod and gun club.. We used to pick up our rifles in the security office and walk across campus to the rifle range with the rifles in plain sight!

In the sixties I was on the rifle team in high school, used to carry my rifle from Freeport to Mineola on the public bus !

 

[fish4me]

Capt Ed III wrote:
fish4me wrote:
NYS State Requirements
Rifles and Shotguns

* Permit to purchase rifles and shotguns? No.

* Registration of rifles and shotguns? No, except in New York City.

* Licensing of owners of rifles and shotguns? No, except in New York City.

* Permit to carry rifles and shotguns? No, except in New York City.

all 4 of these statements should be followed by "no, except in nyc". a nyc gun shop will not allow you to even touch a rifle/shotgun/or ammo without a valid license.

-ken


May have lost it on the cut and paste. You are right.