Richard wrote in message . ..
On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 14:19:03 GMT, "Bruce A. Frank"
wrote:

:So going to your plane with your personal firearm unloaded and locked in
:a case is against the local law?

On your way to the airport, it depends on where you are. In
California and most states, no. In a few, like MA, yes, unless you
and that firearm are licensed in that particular state.

The question is on the airport grounds themselves. Is it Federally
controlled, or under the state law? I *think* it's under the state
law, but I'm not sure.

I expect the answer is both. The Feds and the State can both
have jurisdiction in the same criminal case and try the defendant
seperately. Google for dual (or is it separate?) sovreigns.

For example, Timothy McVeigh was convicted in federal court of
various federal offenses including the murder of federal officials,
and sentenced to death. His was the first execution scheduled under
those Federal Statutes since some reform or other. If the Federal
Death Penalty had been overturned, the State of Oklahoma stood
ready to try him under state law and the OK death penalty had
been tested in the courts.

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FF