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From: jalden@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Joshua M. Alden)
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Subject: Re: Interstate Transport of Guns
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In <35081@mimsy.umd.edu> bywater!arnor!watson.ibm.com!metzger@uunet.UU.NET (Perry E. Metzger) writes:

#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.

    Provided the firearm is unloaded and in a locked container.  I think
ammunition has to be locked separately, but I wouldn't swear to it.

#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.

    What he said.

-Josh.
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