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> Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 14:17:08 -0500
> From: Greg Jacobs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Interstate traveling issue
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> I was engaged in a discussion with some Cowboy Action Shooters that
> concerned the risks of traveling with guns from State X into
> the State of
> New York for a match. It was suggested that perhaps it would
> be a good
> idea "to have a large organization like SASS [the Single
> Action Shooting
> Society] file a lawsuit to have states like NY honor the
> permits from other
> states under the good faith clause of the Constitution
I don't think this is neccessary, although it would be "nice". The Firearms
Owners Protection Act, specifically Title 18 section 926A, provides for
interstate transport. As long as possession is legal at each end of a trip,
the FOPA says that the firearm can be transported, unloaded and secured of
course, accross any other jurisdiction. Thus if it's legal for CASers to
participate in such events in New York, Federal law protects them while in
transit. Theoretically even if they have to go through the airport in New
York City, or New Jersey.
US Code, Title 18 Section 926A. Interstate transportation of firearms
Notwithstanding any other provision of any law or any rule or
regulation of a State or any political subdivision thereof, any
person who is not otherwise prohibited by this chapter from
transporting, shipping, or receiving a firearm shall be entitled to
transport a firearm for any lawful purpose from any place where he
may lawfully possess and carry such firearm to any other place
where he may lawfully possess and carry such firearm if, during
such transportation the firearm is unloaded, and neither the
firearm nor any ammunition being transported is readily accessible
or is directly accessible from the passenger compartment of such
transporting vehicle: Provided, That in the case of a vehicle
without a compartment separate from the driver's compartment the
firearm or ammunition shall be contained in a locked container
other than the glove compartment or console.
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