Transporting a Firearm

[jeremyd2012]

i want to take my gun to show my grandpa but is there anything i have to worry about? I will be crossing into these states: Starting Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas.

[ranger56528]

unloaded,locked and in a case(lockable preferd)and in the trunk.......shouldnt have a problem......

[Retaks]

I travel with a few of mine a couple times a year from PA to AL and sometimes FL to hunt evey year. This year i drove from my hose in PA and hunted in PA, DE, NC, FL, AL, LA and have never had a problem. I keep mine in a hard case for the long drives and in the back seat of my truck and keep all my other hunting gear in the back of the truck including ammo.

[The Rifleman]

Gun as in Pistol or gun as in Rifle?

[eldeguello]

ORIGINAL: jeremyd2012

i want to take my gun to show my grandpa but is there anything i have to worry about? I will be crossing into these states: Starting Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas.

There is a federal law that protects citizens from state laws when they are transporting a firearm across other states. Essentially, what it says is that yoiu can legally transport across states, if the possession of the firearm in question is legal in the state where your trip started, and at the destination of your journey. So it is certainly a good idea to carry the firearminaccessibly, unloaded, in a locked gun casein a place like the locked trunk of your vehicle. Also a good idea to carryno ammo with you.

[The Rifleman]

What I am looking at is the fact that most states does not look kindly to a person carrying a pistol across state lines.

A pistol permit in Pennsylvania does not permit you to carry a pistol in other states. Same thing - a pistol permit in Virginia does not permit you to carry a pistol in Pennsylvania.

If you were moving there permenently - then they couldnt do anything about it. But just traveling - you might have a problem. Pistols are not considered GUNS in most states. In some states they might call them side arms or what ever - but not guns.

Now a person that is in the active military - on leave, is permitted to carry a pistol anytime they want in the state of Pennsylvania. No permit required.

They also keep a antlerless license on hand for you at the county courthouse in the area you live in, in case you would like to go deer hunting but was not home during the time when the applications were processed.

[jeremyd2012]

its a 22 rifle

[New York Hunter]

ORIGINAL: The Rifleman

What I am looking at is the fact that most states does not look kindly to a person carrying a pistol across state lines.

A pistol permit in Pennsylvania does not permit you to carry a pistol in other states. Same thing - a pistol permit in Virginia does not permit you to carry a pistol in Pennsylvania.

If you were moving there permenently - then they couldnt do anything about it. But just traveling - you might have a problem. Pistols are not considered GUNS in most states. In some states they might call them side arms or what ever - but not guns.

Now a person that is in the active military - on leave, is permitted to carry a pistol anytime they want in the state of Pennsylvania. No permit required.

They also keep a antlerless license on hand for you at the county courthouse in the area you live in, in case you would like to go deer hunting but was not home during the time when the applications were processed.

This doesn't have anything to do with the original posters question but you mightwant to look at THIS site. According to it, if you have a permit in Pennsylvania you can carry in Virginia and vise versa.
Click on the different states and see who honors who's permits and who doesn't. It's pretty interesting. [/align][/align][/align]

[metaldonnieg]

I can only help you with Mississippi. Here as long as you stay off the Natchez Trace you're ok. It's perfectly legal to have a loaded firearm concealed in full or in part or just flat out in the open in your vehicle. And just to add some meat to my statement I've been pulled over before with one visible, the officerwould see it, and ask that I unload it then continue with business. I've also had my vehicle searched on Highway 82 near Starkvillebefore (long story) and out of courtesy I told the Trooper there was a loaded gun and where it was and he mumbled "nothin' wrong with that" and just pulled it out, unloaded it, and put the clip in his pocket and the actual pistol in his car. But supposedly any firearm in any form isn't allowed on the Natchez Trace Parkway and you can be fined and they'll confiscate it. I don't know if you'd be arrested or not, though.

You might want to try packing.org i think it is. They have a page showing what states think of other state's CCP laws but I don't know if that'll help.

[bigtim6656]

wait a minute i had a AR i went to florida and wonted to take it with me i called the atf yes the atf i asked them if i could they told me this
if you can legally own the gun you Can carry it out of state
but
it must be legal in the state you are in the state you going to and every state you go through and there are state lawsnot under the atf that you must follow andlocal laws like sometown do not allow Ar's in there town

call the atf and the state police in the states you go through they wont ask you who you are and what gun you have besides they already know that lol well more then likely

ORIGINAL: eldeguello

There is a federal law that protects citizens from state laws when they are transporting a firearm across other states. Essentially, what it says is that you can legally transport across states, if the possession of the firearm in question is legal in the state where your trip started, and at the destination of your journey. So it is certainly a good idea to carry the firearminaccessibly, unloaded, in a locked gun casein a place like the locked trunk of your vehicle. Also a good idea to carryno ammo with you.