HKUSP45C
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My it was anti-climatic.
I had a question about transferring a rifle from NJ to TX by car for the purposes of gifting it from one non-licensee to another. So, I called my Houston division office.
They answered my question in a very professional and matter-of-fact way about the federal law and gave me some advice on how to store it for the trip in order to best comply with most state laws and then thanked me for calling after making sure thier answer was complete and clear.
They didn't do any of the things I'd been led to believe are SOP such as:
Stomp my puppies.
Burn down my house.
Imprison me without a lawyer (or food and water).
Declare me an enemy non-combatant.
Revoke my citizenship.
Heck they weren't even unpleasant.
Maybe .... just maybe .... and remember this is a hypothetical .... They aren't out to disarm and kill all the red blooded gun owners and stomp the CotUSA after burning the BoR before breakfast every morning. They might, just may be, a bunch of folks doing a day-to-day job.
It's an interesting thought anyway, I think I'll ponder it a while and see how it sits later.
I'm personally of a renewed faith in the way gov't employees are able to handle authority. Really refreshing. Though, it's still light outside. I'll edit my post if I get an 0'dark-thirty wake up fron the JBTs and thier flash banging, puppy-stomping, house-burning insertion team.
By the way, it IS legal to tote a rifle from one state to another if you are giving it away as a present. Federally, anyway. Check your state laws. It's also best to store it unloaded, in the trunk, in a locking rifle case and with a zip-tie or some-such through the action or breech. Apparently.
Anyone else dealt with the BATF&E and lived to tell the tale? I'm sure they must have overlooked at LEAST one other citizen who needed "the treatment" when they were just too busy to do it right then.
I had a question about transferring a rifle from NJ to TX by car for the purposes of gifting it from one non-licensee to another. So, I called my Houston division office.
They answered my question in a very professional and matter-of-fact way about the federal law and gave me some advice on how to store it for the trip in order to best comply with most state laws and then thanked me for calling after making sure thier answer was complete and clear.
They didn't do any of the things I'd been led to believe are SOP such as:
Stomp my puppies.
Burn down my house.
Imprison me without a lawyer (or food and water).
Declare me an enemy non-combatant.
Revoke my citizenship.
Heck they weren't even unpleasant.
Maybe .... just maybe .... and remember this is a hypothetical .... They aren't out to disarm and kill all the red blooded gun owners and stomp the CotUSA after burning the BoR before breakfast every morning. They might, just may be, a bunch of folks doing a day-to-day job.
It's an interesting thought anyway, I think I'll ponder it a while and see how it sits later.
I'm personally of a renewed faith in the way gov't employees are able to handle authority. Really refreshing. Though, it's still light outside. I'll edit my post if I get an 0'dark-thirty wake up fron the JBTs and thier flash banging, puppy-stomping, house-burning insertion team.
By the way, it IS legal to tote a rifle from one state to another if you are giving it away as a present. Federally, anyway. Check your state laws. It's also best to store it unloaded, in the trunk, in a locking rifle case and with a zip-tie or some-such through the action or breech. Apparently.
Anyone else dealt with the BATF&E and lived to tell the tale? I'm sure they must have overlooked at LEAST one other citizen who needed "the treatment" when they were just too busy to do it right then.