This can get confusing, so bear with me... What your state is attempting to do is declare all such "high capacity" firearms as being machine guns.
Machine guns are banned from civilian ownership at the federal level, *BUT* if you file a BATF Form 4, you can get a waiver of this ban for a specific machine gun. The filing fee is $200.00, you need fingerprints from a law enforcement agency, the approval signature of the chief law enforcement officer (the Sheriff, for instance) of your jurisdiction, and a color mug shot. The process takes about 90 - 120 days, and they check everything from municipal records all the way to Interpol (and probably Homeland Security these days) to make sure you're clean as a whistle. If your state doesn't specifically ban the civilian ownership of machine guns (IIRC, California does), then that Form 4, once approved, gives you the right to own and operate that machine gun. If your state does ban the civilian ownership of machine guns, that Form 4 does you no good, and you're in violation of state law by just being in possession of it within state lines. That's the first part. The second part is transportation, and that's entirely up to both state and municipal laws, so it varies from city to city, town to town. Though you should check this out with *all* the powers that be in your area, the safest thing to do is transport as follows: 1) Disassemble the firearm such that it cannot be quickly reassembled. For example, removing the bolt and keeping it in your glove compartment. 2) Even if disassembled, use some sort of action lock on the firearm's receiver (the main part of the gun). Most gun stores carry them. I like the cable kind because they fit just about anything. 3) Separate all ammunition from the firearm. If the gun's in the trunk, put the ammo in the cab, preferably outside the easy reach of passengers. What you're showing law enforcement is that you are following the spirit of as many such laws as you can imagine. Most of the time these things come down to "officer's discretion" if there's a minor technical infraction. Check all this out with an attorney who is familiar with this area of the law. Hope this helps point you in the right direction. Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis Get advanced intensive Master-level training in C# & ASP.NET 2.0 for ColdFusion Developers at ProductivityEnhancement.com -----Original Message----- From: Greg Morphis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 2:27 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: transporting firearms Was looking at the state laws for the states I'll be traveling through... State law for Arkansas... "A machine gun is defined as a weapon of any description by whatever name known, loaded or unloaded from which more than five shots or bullets may be rapidly, or automatically, or semi-automatically discharged from a magazine, by a single function of the firing device. Machine guns must be registered with the Secretary of State, in addition to being registered under Federal Law." So if the gun has a clip with a capacity of more than 5 rounds it's a machine gun? Am I reading that right? For most guns you can buy an extended clip for.. 30rd or more.. So if I have a 5rd clip it's not a machine gun, if I have a 30rd clip it magically transforms into a machine gun? On 7/11/07, Greg Morphis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone know the laws involved in transporting a firearm(driving)? > Do the gun and the bullets have to be in different places? Same places > but not loaded or in a clip? or what? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:238177 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
