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wallace11bravo:
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?

Wesley D:
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.

wallace11bravo:
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?

Wesley D:

--- Quote from: wallace11bravo on November 08, 2012, 09:26:59 PM --- ...but does the NFOPA require the item to be in a locked case?

--- End quote ---

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.

bkoenig:
Does anyone have a good list of NFA laws by state?

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