Guns and Roses

No,  I have a concealed weapons permit from the state of Arizona and it's not valid here in Puerto Rico, I hope this law passes, every human being has the right to defend their property family and way of life from those who would pray upon them, During the hurricane crisis, a man down the street from me was murdered Simply because they wanted his generator.

Spencerazac wrote:

No,  I have a concealed weapons permit from the state of Arizona and it's not valid here in Puerto Rico, I hope this law passes, every human being has the right to defend their property family and way of life from those who would pray upon them, During the hurricane crisis, a man down the street from me was murdered Simply because they wanted his generator.

How were you able to bring your gun from the states to PR before you had a PR license? What sort of things you had to deal with to get it into PR?

More info: https://www.nraila.org/articles/2008072 … earms-laws

Wow, Spence, that is awful and was such a scary period of time there, I'm sure!

See this article where a judge threw away all laws about weapons in PR. However it looks like PR threw away the judge rulling because they are enforcing the local laws still or there was another court ruling that blew the court ruling away: http://concealednation.org/2015/06/brea … pen-carry/

I brought the gun legally on the airplane via the airline requirements, once I was in Puerto Rico it was confiscated until I obtained my license here, then I just picked it up at the police station after paying a storage fee

ReyP wrote:

See this article where a judge threw away all laws about weapons in PR. However it looks like PR threw away the judge rulling because they are enforcing the local laws still or there was another court ruling that blew the court ruling away: http://concealednation.org/2015/06/brea … pen-carry/

The government of Puerto Rico appealed that decision, and won.  As a result of that appeal, Puerto Rico's restrictions on gun ownership were restored.

There are a number of legal and regulatory restrictions in Puerto Rico which give me some pause.  We've recently discussed one of those, forced inheritance.  Puerto Rico's restrictions on the right to bear arms, in violation of the Second Amendment and the Supreme Court's recent rulings in Heller and McDonald,  is another source of some concern for me.

WarnerW wrote:

ReyP wrote:

See this article where a judge threw away all laws about weapons in PR. However it looks like PR threw away the judge rulling because they are enforcing the local laws still or there was another court ruling that blew the court ruling away: http://concealednation.org/2015/06/brea … pen-carry/

The government of Puerto Rico appealed that decision, and won.  As a result of that appeal, Puerto Rico's restrictions on gun ownership were restored.

There are a number of legal and regulatory restrictions in Puerto Rico which give me some pause.  We've recently discussed one of those, forced inheritance.  Puerto Rico's restrictions on the right to bear arms, in violation of the Second Amendment and the Supreme Court's recent rulings in Heller and McDonald,  is another source of some concern for me.

They play selective fiddle to the states. In some ways it is its own country and in others no different from the states. I assume it is a bit frustrating.

I have a concealed carry permit from Arizona and Connecticut.  Last year went through the process ( much more difficult, like everything else) in Puerto Rico.

If somebody enters my home at night with that much disregard, I can only assume that they  if they have the chance, would also mean me or my family harm,  whatever the law says, I would be forced to protect myself and my family and deal with the  consequences later, I've learned that the police here do little or nothing for our protection.

We followed the same steps as Spencer did brining the gun to P.R.

Spencer,  Your weapon was confiscated??  When my my weapon was transported following airline regulations no issues.  Our luggage was delayed and delivered the following day,  no questions asked, and the luggage had inspection sticker on it.

They are supposed to confiscate the weapon since you do not have a license to have it. It is the law to confiscate it until you get your license.

Yeah, they Took it at the airport, they took everything gone ammunition and holster, I never did get the holster back, my luggage had a stamp on it that said fire arm so they were alerted to the fact.