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Offline wallace11bravo

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Transporting NFA across state lines
« on: November 08, 2012, 04:44:28 PM »
Just wanted to confirm. My impression is:

ATF form 5320.20 is required for: (http://www.atf.gov/forms/download/atf-f-5320-20.pdf)

SBR/SBS
AOW
Full Auto

Not for cans.

Forms only need to be completed for destination, not all states you are travelling through.

Transport through non-friendly state:

Under NFOPA, short stops necessary to travel, such as gas, rest, etc are permitted.

It would be nice to have a comprehensive guide to NFA purchase and other FAQs cough:dave:cough  :)

My specific questions:

1. Planning my trip to Missouri, only taking a can, so I do not need to do anything, correct?

2. I am good to travel through Iowa with the item, correct?

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Offline Wesley D

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Re: Transporting NFA across state lines
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2012, 07:07:19 PM »
1. You're correct.  No form is required for cans, though it of course must be legal where you're headed.

2. You're okay traveling through IA if you keep the can in a locked case because you're covered under the Safe Passage Provision in the 1986 Firearm Owner's Protection Act.  Plus a locked case is excluded from a Terry frisk and requires a warrant to open.  Of course, use your head and don't invite trouble: drive responsibly and at reasonable speeds.
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Re: Transporting NFA across state lines
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2012, 09:26:59 PM »
Thanks. Just wanted to make sure I am not misinformed in my first journey out of state with an NFA item.

I am planning on locking it in a case regardless, and you are more or less correct on the Terry Stop, but does the NFOPA require the item to be in a locked case?
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Re: Transporting NFA across state lines
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2012, 10:43:54 PM »
Quote from: wallace11bravo on November 08, 2012, 09:26:59 PM
...but does the NFOPA require the item to be in a locked case?

IIRC, yes the NFOPA does require unloaded boomstick in a locked case, but surfing on my phone right now and not at my computer computer to search through the act with a [ctrl]+F.
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Re: Transporting NFA across state lines
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2012, 08:18:16 AM »
Does anyone have a good list of NFA laws by state?
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Re: Transporting NFA across state lines
« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2012, 12:32:04 PM »
Quote from: bkoenig on November 09, 2012, 08:18:16 AM
Does anyone have a good list of NFA laws by state?

Here is such a list that was prepared by a Texas attorney, but I have not checked it for accuracy: http://www.texasnfatrust.com/NFA%20Laws%20by%20State.htm
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Re: Transporting NFA across state lines
« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2012, 04:35:15 PM »
Read the form, if it is not listed it is not needed. Neither Silencers nor AOWs need the notification for a temporary transport.
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