imported post
demnogis wrote:
I'm not sure if you were able to check but you should call your respective airline and ask for instructions about transporting your firearm. Also in CA it is against the law to "import" magazines of greater capacity than 10rds. Only exception is if they were purchased in CA before the ban. There is no exception for "passing through".
The 1986 Firearm owners protection act protects firearm owners who are traveling through a state.
"Safe passage" provision One of the law's provisions was that persons traveling from one place to another cannot be arrested for a
firearms offense in a state that has strict gun control laws if the traveler is just passing through (short stops for food and
gas and presumably overnight stops on long trips excepted) and the firearms and ammunition are not immediately accessible, unloaded and, in the case of a vehicle without a compartment separate from the driver’s compartment, in a locked container.
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An example of this would be that someone driving from
Virginia to a competition in
Vermont with a locked hard case containing an unloaded
handgun and a box of
ammunition in the trunk could not be prosecuted in
New Jersey or
New York City for illegal possession of a handgun provided that they did not stop in New Jersey or New York for an extended period of time.
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"Safe Passage" Provision One of the law's provisions was that persons traveling from one state to another for a shooting sports event or any other lawful activity cannot be arrested for a
firearms offense in a state that has strict gun control laws if the traveler is just passing through (short stops for food and
gas) the more restrictive state and the firearms and ammunition are securely locked, unloaded, and not immediately accessible. Weapon possession, as a crime, consists of that circumstance in which a person who is not legally authorised to carry a concealed weapon is found in possession of such a weapon. ... Gasoline is a petroleum-derived liquid mixture consisting primarily of hydrocarbons, used as fuel in internal combustion engines. ...
An example of this would be that someone driving from
Virginia to an
IPSC competition in
Vermont with a locked hard case containing an unloaded
handgun and a box of
ammunition in the trunk could not be prosecuted in
New Jersey for illegal possession of a handgun provided that he did not stop in New Jersey for an extended period of time.
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Please don't tell people they can't do something without knowing for sure. This website is for getting the truth out there so we know our rights. I'm not saying that you couldn't be arrested because you probobly can. You could go to jail awaiting trial and you could become another case against the tyranny of RPK. You could also have no problems at all. It's important to know your rights.
Still it would be a good idea to keep your stuff locked up through RPK. I would/have OCed in RPK several times with my Oregon NORMAL capacity magazines @ 16 and 18 rounds respectively. Now if I was going to visit RPK specifically to stay there for a visit I would grab my RPK mags and take those with me.