Blog: Second NYC Tourist Arrested in a Week For Trying to Check Gun
Ryan Jerome is a United States Marine who is now in hot water in New York City (NYC). The man tried to check a concealed gun at the empire state building in NYC. He had a valid concealed weapons permit for his home state of Indiana. He mistakenly thought that he could carry his gun in NYC using his permit. When he tried to check his gun at the Empire State Building (a common practice for off limits locations in states with carry permits) he was immediately arrested and spent the next two days in jail.
Jerome has no criminal history and served his country in the USMC. Under NYC’s gun laws (the strictest in the country) Jerome will face a minimum of 2 years in prison. The way the law is written prosecutors can’t give him less than that even if they wanted to (unless they drop the charges).
Jerome is the second law abiding tourist in about a week to mistakenly think they could use their out of state carry permit to carry a gun in NYC. Meredith Graves, a 39 year old medical student from Tennessee, was arrested at the 9/11 memorial in NYC after she tried to check her gun (for which she possessed a legal Tennessee carry permit). Graves also thought her permit would allow her to carry in NYC (as it does in dozens of other states). Graves, like Jerome, will likely face two years in prison. She has no previous criminal history.
Also in December, Tea Party Patriots co-founder, Mark Meckler was arrested at a NYC airport for trying to check his Glock 27 handgun. Meckler has a concealed carry permit that is valid in CA. Despite the fact that the CA permit is one of the strictest and hardest to get in the nation it is still not honored in NYC.
In all three of these cases the people arrested were trying to find out the right thing to do by talking with authorities.
While many state’s do honor each other’s permits permit holders are responsible for knowing all local and state laws for all areas they will be passing through. Many states also tell their permit holders that when they are in question as to whether they can legally carry a gun somewhere, or need to know what to do with their gun, they should consult a law enforcement officer or security personnel for further instructions. This explains why these individuals simply approached authorities about their guns.
It is strongly advisable to learn and research all weapons related laws for any place you will be visiting before leaving your home. Handgunlaw.us is a good resource for finding state laws. However double check as state laws can change and changes may not immediately be reflected on online resources.
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Why can’t some one do something about the yellow bellied bastard bloomberg and his NY sissys? Our own congress and senate is afraid of him, or are they reaping some serious cash rewards by turning their backs and allowing a mayor of a single city and his cronies control the country. Those 3 people are now going to be ruined because of it. There is got to be some one some where that can step in and stop this mess…. Or is every one in power just crooks and cowards? I wouldn’t go to NY even if I won the lottery and had to go there to claim it…
If I won the lottery, I’d do this just to challenge the current law.
The People’s Republic of New York is a may issue state. Years ago, NY only issued a full carry permit. Now they are adding “amendments” to permit, making it more difficult. Now, you have to write to your local sheriff and request a hearing in front of a county court judge and explain why you need a carry permit. New Moscow, where Mikhail Bloombergovitch is mayork, is even more tyrranical. You have to pay an outrageous application fee, and you will need a lawyer to get the permit. State permits issued by the PRNY are NO GOOD in New Moscow. As far as the midget, his private eyes got thrown out of the Republic of Arizona for trying straw purchases…and he was told in no uncertain terms by the AG of that state that those investigators would be ARRESTED AND PROSECUTED if that were ever tried again.
This incident is very unfortunate. This man has volunteered to defend his country and I thank him for his service.
That said as law abiding gun owners we need to take some responsibility for our actions. It is each individuals responsibility to know and abide by the laws of the states we are traveling to. In this digital age it is very easy to find this information.
Very true, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t point out incidents such as this one as a basis for changing unconstitutional laws.
Does anyone know how this OUTRAGEOUS Law applies to the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act for retired officers being allowed to carry concealed NATION WIDE.
Absurd. So the thing is: He’s a US Marine and he could carry a gun to hunt down Al Quaeda members abroad, put he can’t carry a gun on the city that was attacked by those same bastards he was fighting on a foreign land.
And now he’s facing prison in the city whose people he swore to defend at the risk of his own life. I guess they’re arresting the wrong guy you know…
I dont want to live on this planet anymore.