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Jayhawker
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Another place to be careful while Carrying a Concealed Weapon...

Watched a guy get a pistol confiscated on "Navajo Cops" this evening...Guy is stopped on the interstate as it passes through the reservation for speeding. In spite of the fact that CCW is legal in Utah (where the guy was coming from) and in New Mexico (where the guy was going to)...it's apparently illegal to do so on the Navajo Reservation...reciprocity be damned... The Tribal Officer asks the guy if he's got paperwork proving the gun is his (who carries that?)...and since he didn't the officer issued him a speeding ticket and sent him on his way...without his handgun...
Lesson Learned: You really need to be cognizant of gun laws not only in the locale you are coming from and the locale you are going to but EVERYWHERE in between...
Lesson Learned: You really need to be cognizant of gun laws not only in the locale you are coming from and the locale you are going to but EVERYWHERE in between...
Sharps Model 1874 - "The rifle that made the west safe for Winchester"
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Jerry
Makes perfect sense...turn a traffic stop into a fleeing and eluding felony and have the State Cops nail you as you exit the res....Yeah...I like that idea!!!! Remind me to take you on my next cross-country trip...maybe we could rob some convenience stores!
I have no sales receipts for any of my guns...just not a thing I keep. They get entered into my gun log when I buy them but I don't carry that around either...
Typically, here's the way it works...if you are a non-native and commit an infraction/crime and are arrested by tribal police, they can't hold you on the reservation so they turn you over to the nearest LE agency off the reservation...Tribal Police also (generally) have mutual aid agreements with surrounding LE agencies
Also...REDDEVIL...great post! Quite informative!
35 pages of Legal with links.
If you are not sure, the best thing is to have firearms unloaded in the trunk.
I have heard accounts of vehicle confiscations of people buying scrap metal on reservations without tribal council permission.
I'm with Doc. I'll keep them unloaded and in the trunk and follow interstate commerce law when going through tribal land.
Al
Jerry
You are right, that is typically the way it is handled, but there are instances when they can hold you but the government limits it to 6 months and $5000, and it is a rare occurrence for them to decide to do so.