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I just got off the phone with the ATF regarding the transportation of firearms from one state to another.

I asked them if it was legal to transport various legal firearms across the country, unloaded, locked and out of reach, to my destination state, which allows the ownership of all the guns I'd be moving.

The ATF answer was this. They said that as far as they're concerned, as long as the departure state and destination state allowed the ownership of all the guns involved, they have no problem with it. However, various state AND local laws MAY prohibit such transport, and these laws would superceed the ATF position.

I was told that the only way to assure total legality was to not only contact every state that I'd be traveling through, but to contact every county and town along the way as well.

Now on a 3000+ mile drive across the country, the number of states, counties and towns necessary to be contacted would be in the hundreds, if not thousands. I told Mr.ATF that seemed damn near impossible to me, and he agreed.

I then asked him this. What does the ATF recommend for a law abiding citizen, in possetion of legal firearms to do in order to move across the country with these legal guns? Is there a letter available for travelers like myself to inform local law enforcement that I am only passing through to my new state? The answer was "no".

I then asked what he would recommend that I do in order to drive across the country, legally, with the guns I own. He told me to contact every state, county and town along the way to make sure I wouldn't be in violation of any laws.

What is this bullshit?!? We are NOT free people, we are suspects and fugitives from our own constitution.

Any of you have experience or feedback? I'd love to hear your thoughts. Is there away around this? Was Mr.ATF wrong? [pissed][pissed][pissed]

Originally Posted By Sons of Liberty:
Hey M4:
I was put in this very position last year moving from the freedom-loving Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to the freedom-loving State of New Hampshire.  Well, if you draw a line between those 2 states, you cross through several bastions of communism including Massachusetts and New York.  

Unfortunately, the ATF is right.  So, I started researching what I had to do to legally carry my firearms through those states as I moved.  NY had NO provisions whatsoever, except to apply for a state Pistol permit, which they only give to residents.  Massachusetts was only marginally better, offering an out-of-state permit after paying $50, filling out 6,000 forms and waiting 6 months.  

My solution...  put trigger locks on guns, wrapped them up in separate boxes, tape them up, and moved my stuff through those states being real law-abiding like.  Well, I survived.  That's my suggestion.  Good luck!
Regards,
Paul D.

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As for you 71-Hour-Achmed...

A "jerk"? I don't recall being a "jerk" to you, however since your panties obviously got all bunched up over something, may I suggest you go f*ck yourself.