Sure does and no debate because stopping on the same road does not deviate so you are still" on the way to or returning from."
Personal choice as I said
Personal choice as I said
Is says to or from specific places, there is no gray area that you keep wanting to debate. Going to jail for deciding to not obey the law is a personal choice, so is having to file for bankruptcy to have to defend that personal choice and stay out of jail for being a hard head.
I have no issues stopping to get gas or grabbing a burger if it's on my route.
Personal choice I guess.
IANAL
One needs to examine legislative intent. The statute was designed to keep people from driving around with a firearm in their vehicle and claiming they had been to the range .
Not stopping to get gas or a burger on the same road.
Laughable IMO
But hey do what you like.
4-203 mentions "On the way to or returning from"does not specify directly.
I have no issues stopping to get gas or grabbing a burger if it's on my route.
Personal choice I guess.
IANAL
What kind of burger? I'm starving.
Your call sir.
Here is my advice:
1. Don't wear a mask...
2. Don't drive with a beer in 1 hand & a cel phone in the other...
3. Don't throw shit out of your windows...
4. Drive safely & stay within the speed limits...
5. Check you car once a year to make sure that all the lights are working...
6. Put your unloaded pistol or rifle in a range bag or rifle case...
7. Put you empty magazines in your range bag...
8. Put you boxes of ammo in your range bag...
9. Put your range bag & rifle cases in the trunk of your car...
10. Think up a likely story of where you are coming from & where you are going to in case you are asked (PS Gun Ranges aren't open at 2:30 AM)...
11. Try not to have an accident...
12. Be polite if you do get stopped...
13. Life doesn't have to be all that complicated...
14. Policemen aren't out looking for you, they are trying to maintain public safety...
One thing to keep in mind, especially the hunting provision. A lot of guys I know head out of the woods at lunch and grab lunch at a near by restaurant. That would almost certainly be a big no on the transport thing. Whether legal or not, I had the former game warden who taught my hunter safety class tell us he has seen (and personally) arrested guys for doing that kind of thing. Usually in conjunction with them be dumb enough they forgot to take their holster or handgun and holster off when they got out of their vehicle for a bite to eat.
Successful prosecution? Don’t know. Probably still screwed those guys over no matter the final outcome.
Don't over think this...
I have been following the above standards for many, many years...
Of course we stop for breakfast and or lunch each time we go to the range...
Keep your guns locked up, empty & out of sight & stay away from high crime areas...
I love egg on a burger.Since it is breakfast I'm thinking Tilted Kilt burger with fried egg.
Very valid points, but my reasoning was that if you stop on the same route you use to go to or return from an approved event, IMO that would not violate the statute.
But of course YMMV and opinions differ.
Fine by me.
Don’t divert from event to home. Stop for lunch and u are violating the statute.
It becomes prohibited when they tell you exactly where you can go to and from.
You're going to jail Sarge.