First, I'm not planning on moving, but was wondering. Right now in Arkansas, we have none of these silly state bans on ammo or weapons etc. However if someone were to move from here to a state that had bans, could you take your firearms? I guess it would differ depending on states, but if I had some 30 rnd mags and moved to Cali, could I legally take them? that kinda stuff. Thanks.
Moving to a "ban"state
- Thread starter Ed
- Start date
- Status
clubsoda22
member
nope, you'd have to sell them or give them away before you moved.
El Tejon
Member
Box them up and sent them to me.
BerettaNut92
Member
- Joined
- Dec 23, 2002
- Messages
- 9,723
In CA, forget about bringing 'em in.
Majic,
No I don't think they don't apply to me. If I lived there I would know the laws, but, I have heard people say that if you owned it before the ban went into effect you can keep it in some instances. SO if someone who lived out of state owned it pre ban and moved into a state, would you get to keep it and have to register it? Leave it somewhere else? just prove you had it? I dunno. I've never lived somewhere that had additional state laws. And hopefully never will. I guess I'm wondering about Cali. I know some weapons can't be bought there. But can they be brought?
No I don't think they don't apply to me. If I lived there I would know the laws, but, I have heard people say that if you owned it before the ban went into effect you can keep it in some instances. SO if someone who lived out of state owned it pre ban and moved into a state, would you get to keep it and have to register it? Leave it somewhere else? just prove you had it? I dunno. I've never lived somewhere that had additional state laws. And hopefully never will. I guess I'm wondering about Cali. I know some weapons can't be bought there. But can they be brought?
depends on the wording of the law.
For example, where I live (NJ), if you had a pre-ban ar-15, you couldn't bring it in. You could for a number of years provided you got a waiver form the police (which never happened unless you were a cop). The window for the waver closed though, so even that wouldn't cut it these days. You have to store it out of state, or get rid of it somehow. Theoretically, if the window was stillopen and you knew the right folks to get the waiver, you'd still have to leave the 30round magazines at home unless you rigged them to hold no more than 15 rounds.
However, with the new smartgun law, it's different. From the reading of it, transferring a handgun that isn't a smartgun is what is the criminal offense ofr the transferer or transferee. However, if you move in from out of state, no transfer occured within new jersey. You are just in posession, which since theres the grandfather clause for posession, seems to be cool. (BTW, big IANAL nor am I a weaselly corrupt new jersey supreme court judge goes with this reading). Also, currently inheritence of a firearm gets around a number of transfer rules, and is a muddy area. The legislature wants to make it so that inheritance is prohibited without a transfer, however you can feel their pain from many many miles away over not being able to legislate the lives of people in other states.
For example, where I live (NJ), if you had a pre-ban ar-15, you couldn't bring it in. You could for a number of years provided you got a waiver form the police (which never happened unless you were a cop). The window for the waver closed though, so even that wouldn't cut it these days. You have to store it out of state, or get rid of it somehow. Theoretically, if the window was stillopen and you knew the right folks to get the waiver, you'd still have to leave the 30round magazines at home unless you rigged them to hold no more than 15 rounds.
However, with the new smartgun law, it's different. From the reading of it, transferring a handgun that isn't a smartgun is what is the criminal offense ofr the transferer or transferee. However, if you move in from out of state, no transfer occured within new jersey. You are just in posession, which since theres the grandfather clause for posession, seems to be cool. (BTW, big IANAL nor am I a weaselly corrupt new jersey supreme court judge goes with this reading). Also, currently inheritence of a firearm gets around a number of transfer rules, and is a muddy area. The legislature wants to make it so that inheritance is prohibited without a transfer, however you can feel their pain from many many miles away over not being able to legislate the lives of people in other states.
Chipperman
Member
As stated above, it depends on the legalese:
Ban on Owning/Possessing
vs
Ban on Buying/Selling/Transferring
Ban on Owning/Possessing
vs
Ban on Buying/Selling/Transferring
Moparmike
Member
Ed, I will babysit them for you. I will even come pick them up...
Wildalaska
member
Whose gonna know?
WildhypotheticallyofcourseAlaska
WildhypotheticallyofcourseAlaska
Phil Ca
Member
What really irks me about the enequity of the laws in different states is this: I am not allowed all sorts of great, heretofore legal items here in the PRK, but if I were to move across the border to Nevada, Icould have all of those things and more. The people here are brainwashed, including many LEOs. In Nevada there is a whole different mindset. I would move to Carson City in a month if my HMO was represented there.
- Status