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From: bywater!arnor!watson.ibm.com!metzger@uunet.UU.NET (Perry E. Metzger)
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Subject: Re: Interstate Transport of Guns
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#In article <34920@mimsy.umd.edu>, miles@ms.uky.edu (Stephen D. Grant) writes:
#Hi again. I will be travelling to Florida in 2 weeks time and I would
#like to know if there is any problem in transporting the following firearms
#in my trunk through the states of Tennessee and Alabama. I'll be taking along:

So far as I know, Federal law protects you provided that you may
legitimately possess the weapons both in the state you started from
and the state you are going to, even if the intermediate state forbids
possession of the weapons.

However, I'm not a lawyer, and people get into big trouble by asking
questions of the net that ten minutes with a good lawyer would clear
instantly. My advice: if you aren't sure about something, ask a lawyer
or don't do it.

Perry Metzger
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