Ah, thank you very much! I know that in some states there are no such laws, so I’m curious how far the state police would go in enforcing the federal one (or turning them over).
I remember reading on one board of a person (I cannot recall if the poster was a male or female), who was driving with a family member, taking another family member to a new residence (another state IIRC). Anyway, they were pulled over for some reason or another, and the driver asked if they had any weapons. The driver advised there was an unloaded firearm in the trunk and if i recall right, the driver had a CC permit. The passenger (being driven) had at some point gotten a restraining order (during divorce, I believe), and subsequently was subject to Lautenberg.
The trooper told them that it was a felony that they gave him access to a weapon, and when they replied that they hadn’t, the trooper said that being in the same car would qualify them, even though the firearm was in a locked trunk. He said he would arrest them all if they didn’t give up the firearms, or throw the passenger out.
I forget what ultimately happened in the story, but it’s still a pretty stupid situation, enabled by unconstitutional laws. Sadly, the American public has dropped the ball on this issue, because so many have the mentality, of “It doesn’t affect me, so I don’t care.” The problem is, that it always will.
Thank you for your helpful post, because I’ve been trying to determine which of the gun control act’s was the initial culprit, but was not certain of where to look. Thank you again.
My best information so far is that the 1968 Federal Firearms Act made it illegal for felons to buy firearms from federally licensened dealers, and a fair number of states then started to make it illegal for a felon to own a firearm.
Please share any further information that you find on this.