Marine facing mandatory prison for gun charge has sentence commuted

That is unless he made any "unnecessary deviations" on his way to his families residence, which would also have broken the law.

This is the part that I think was illegal.

As far as I know, transporting through the state is a gray area. But taking a gun that you don't have a permit to own in NJ into a house, or staying in the state with it, is illegal. People have been arrested for just having a gun without an NJ permit to own it.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/01/18/traveling-mans-gun-arrest-appealed-supreme-court.html

When Revell tried to check in for the morning flight, he again informed the airline officials about his gun and ammunition to have them checked through to Allentown. He was reported to the TSA, and then arrested by Port Authority police for having a gun in New Jersey without a New Jersey license.

More:

Revell said he should not have been arrested because federal law allows licensed gun owners to take their weapons through any state as long as they are unloaded and not readily accessible to people. He said it was not his fault the airline stranded him in New Jersey by making him miss his flight and routing his luggage to the wrong destination.

Prosecutors said it doesn't matter whose fault it was: Revell was arrested in New Jersey with a readily accessible gun in his possession without a New Jersey license.

Basically, I don't know. I know that I wouldn't do it without an NJ permit/license.

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