Transporting Firearms
 

This summer I'll be moving to Florida from Maryland. Are there any legal considerations to driving through VA, NC, SC, GA and into FL with unloaded and locked firearms?

Obviously I'll be avoiding DC like the plague.

My suggestion would be to keep the guns locked in the trunk, and the ammo in a locked box in the car, w/ the keys to the lock, locked in the trunk. Other than that, don't drive like an idiot and you oughta be fine. I would also do a search for each states gun transport laws to be sure that i was in full compliance.

Traveling through states is tricky. You have to comply with each states laws which sometimes is very hard to do. I suggest you have NO ammo at all. I suggest you have your weapon in the trunk with a trigger lock (12 bucks).

Should you get pulled over for speeding, just tell the officer "I'd like to declare a firearm in the trunk of my vehicle which I am transporting without ammunition." Officers like it when you tell them you have a firearm and they didn't ask. They know you're a stand-up kind of guy and will leave you alone about it...at least that's been my personal experience.

GA and NC have reciprocity with FL's concealed carry laws, so driving through them should be no problem (avoid SC)

Check out various state laws here:

http://www.nra.org/frame.cfm?title=N...www.nraila.org

Nice link, thanks.

FEDERAL LAW ON TRANSPORTATION OF FIREARMS

or local laws which would prohibit the passage of persons with firearms in interstate travel.

Notwithstanding any state or local law, a person shall be entitled to transport a firearm from any place where he may lawfully possess and transport such firearm to any other place where he may lawfully possess and transport such firearm if the firearm is unloaded and in the trunk. In vehicles without a trunk, the unloaded firearm shall be in a locked container other then the glove compartment or console. Necessary stops, e.g., gasoline and rest, seem permissible.

from this page http://www.nraila.org/GunLaws/FederalGunLaws.aspx?ID=59

taken from http://www.nra.org/frame.cfm?title=N...www.nraila.org