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General Categories => The NFA Corner => Topic started by: wallace11bravo on November 08, 2012, 04:44:28 PM

Title: Transporting NFA across state lines
Post by: wallace11bravo 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 (http://www.atf.gov/forms/download/atf-f-5320-20.pdf))

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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?
Title: Re: Transporting NFA across state lines
Post by: Wesley D 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.
Title: Re: Transporting NFA across state lines
Post by: wallace11bravo 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?
Title: Re: Transporting NFA across state lines
Post by: Wesley D 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.
Title: Re: Transporting NFA across state lines
Post by: bkoenig on November 09, 2012, 08:18:16 AM: Does anyone have a good list of NFA laws by state?
Title: Re: Transporting NFA across state lines
Post by: CitizenClark 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 (http://www.texasnfatrust.com/NFA%20Laws%20by%20State.htm)
Title: Re: Transporting NFA across state lines
Post by: David Hineline 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.