Traveling with LEOSA (HR 218)
If you are traveling with a Firearm under LEOSA (HR218) each state is different. Be sure to do some research before hitting the road & learn about each state that you're visiting!
NYS SAFE Act Training PDF
This PDF (4/18/2013) is a Training Summary of the New York State SAFE Act issued by the NYS FOP: NYS SAFE Act Training (PDF). Restored from the lodge site's archived copy (Internet Archive, 2016) — the live-site link is currently broken.
Attention NYS Firearms Permit Holders
The lodge's page on the NYS Firearms License Request for Public Records Exemption form & instructions is no longer on fop997.org; the archived copy is preserved at the Internet Archive (2016 snapshot of fop997.org/foil.htm).
State-by-State Research Resources
- To view Gun laws in the United States by state, this is a comprehensive listing: Wikipedia — Gun laws in the United States by state.
- This page has a very good interactive map which displays various components of firearms laws: nraila.org/gun-laws.
- This is a great website: handgunlaw.us. It features a “Who Honors my Permit” link to check which states honor your permit, you can “Create a License Map” & has State-by-State license application information.
- allstays.com offers a “Gun and RV Travel Basics Guide” — an 18 page PDF with a color map and state by state breakdown of traveling with a gun around the US, including the castle doctrine and stand your ground variations.
- gunlawguide.com sells a “Traveler's Guide to Firearm Laws of the 50 States” book.
- Same guide is also available at gunlaws.com/travel.
External resources are reproduced from the legacy page; prices and third-party offerings may have changed.