Gun Control & RKBA

Gaugamela

(2,657 posts) Mon Sep 27, 2021, 01:08 PM Sep 2021

Question about transporting firearms

I have inherited about a dozen sporting guns — some antiques, a .22 rifle, shotguns, a couple handguns — and I am planning on driving from Iowa to Oregon with them in the back of my Honda CR-V. Is this legal? Do I have to have them in some kind of lockbox?

Thanks for any help on this.

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Question about transporting firearms (Original Post) Gaugamela Sep 2021 OP

Make sure all of the light on your car multigraincracker Sep 2021 #1

Check the laws of each state you're in (before you're there, obviously). catrose Sep 2021 #2

The website Gun Laws By State dot com breaks it down The Polack MSgt Sep 2021 #3

Each state is different. Last time I checked, that would be okay through yonder Sep 2021 #4

The general rule is: unload and strip, lock each separately. Don't make the police interested ... marble falls Sep 2021 #5

This comes up from time to time melm00se Sep 2021 #6

multigraincracker

(34,069 posts)

1. Make sure all of the light on your car

Reply to Gaugamela (Original post)

Mon Sep 27, 2021, 01:29 PM

Sep 2021

are working and drive with in the speed limits. Do not give any reason to get pulled over.
Also I wouldn’t have any amo in the car. Out of state cars are more likely to get stopped.
Be a good idea to have them in boxes and out of site.

catrose

(5,236 posts)

2. Check the laws of each state you're in (before you're there, obviously).

Reply to Gaugamela (Original post)

Mon Sep 27, 2021, 01:32 PM

Sep 2021

Some are very strange.

The Polack MSgt

(13,425 posts)

3. The website Gun Laws By State dot com breaks it down

Reply to Gaugamela (Original post)

Mon Sep 27, 2021, 01:33 PM

Sep 2021

But the main thing is that if you are transporting firearms to a state wher they are legal (no issue with what you describe) you are allowed to transport them EVEN THROUGH STATES WHERE THEY ARE NOT LEGAL

Just don't stay over night in the state where they're banned

In general firearms need to be unloaded and in a trunk or locked case mounted in a pick up trucks bed. That takes care of 90% or so of the laws.

an Iowa to Oregon drive runs through pro-gun right states so I doubt you'll have any issues

Here's the overview
https://www.gunlawsbystate.com/law/interstate-transportation/driving-by-private-transportation/

yonder

(10,002 posts)

4. Each state is different. Last time I checked, that would be okay through

Reply to Gaugamela (Original post)

Mon Sep 27, 2021, 01:43 PM

Sep 2021

Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and Idaho but that was a while back. It seems to me, if you field stripped each of them you SHOULD be okay, but EACH STATE IS DIFFERENT, so better check.

marble falls

(62,047 posts)

5. The general rule is: unload and strip, lock each separately. Don't make the police interested ...

Reply to yonder (Reply #4)

Mon Sep 27, 2021, 03:10 PM

Sep 2021

... in your arms.

melm00se

(5,053 posts)

6. This comes up from time to time

Reply to Gaugamela (Original post)

Thu Sep 30, 2021, 02:42 PM

Sep 2021

so...

18 U.S. Code § 926A - Interstate transportation of firearms

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

The short interpretation:

If you are travelling from point A to point B AND you are legally allowed to own/possess a firearm in both points A and B, you are in compliance with the law and allowed passage. make sure that you have the firearms locked in your trunk and not in the glove box or center console.

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