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« Another reason to be glad I'm out here | Main | LEO seeks to reverse "no guns in parks" conviction »

A lesson about visiting DC....

Posted by David Hardy · 24 August 2010 11:08 AM

If you come to DC with handguns in the car, don't honestly answer if the hotel staff asks if you have a gun. Fortunately, charges were dropped.

· arms law victims

9 Comments | Leave a comment

Anonymous | August 24, 2010 1:00 PM | Reply

I am truly astonished that these charges were dropped, even with an NRA lawyer present at the arraignment.

Jeff

Jim D. | August 24, 2010 2:10 PM | Reply

Traditionally, no weapons are allowed inside the Palace gates. Commoners may observe from a distance.

Chuck | August 24, 2010 2:33 PM | Reply

I don't understand why he was asked if he had a gun. Is that a standard question for the Holiday Inn?

475okh | August 24, 2010 8:37 PM | Reply

The Constitution was created only for the police and ruling class. Move along citizen nothing for you here.

rich | August 25, 2010 8:32 AM | Reply

I'm with Chuck, They ask guests as they sign in if they have a gun? What if you say no do they give you one? I know crime is rampant in DC but did not think it was that bad!

Also why would you even think of saying yes? As an aside the town I live in was looking for money as so sent a student around to each home to ask if they had a cat as all cats are supposed to had a license, just like dogs, (don't know when that happened). I said no, with the cat sitting in the front window looking out :)

NevadaDailySteve | August 25, 2010 11:56 AM | Reply

Next time you get asked that question turn it around on them and ask if they have bed-bugs.

Another route is to simply say "My vehicle is private property and what is inside it is none of your business."

no one | August 25, 2010 12:49 PM | Reply

People don't have cats; cats have people. ... But, at any rate, the lawyer who handled this was Richard Gardiner. The preacher lucked into having a mighty good lawyer.

Major_Mike | August 25, 2010 2:25 PM | Reply

In another version of the story I read earlier at the Johnson City Press site (http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/News/article.php?ID=80252) it was stated that the Holiday Inn shares its garage with a FEMA office, so one assumes there were some sort of Federal LE or rent-a-cops on site. Why any hotel would subject its guests to that is unknown.

"The family’s ordeal began when they reached the hotel’s parking garage, which is shared with a Federal Emergency Management Agency building. A security guard at the parking garage entrance asked if Duncan had any weapons. Duncan said he carried two Smith and Wesson pistols under his seat. "

Chuck | August 25, 2010 5:35 PM | Reply

Went to visit a major aerospace defense contractor a few years ago. Had to show ID in exchange for a visitors badge. Everything is going fine until the rent a cop sees my Concealed Weapons License opposite my DL...he asked why I have a weapons license. I make the mistake of saying "because I carry a gun." Downhill from there...about 20 minutes of "no, I'm not carrying a gun NOW. No I don't have a gun in my car. I knew the rules and left it at home...Yes you can wand me, no you can't search my vehicle...

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