Need advice. Transporting a handgun across states

yah allot of states have weird laws, like you are suppose to stop at a state police the minute you enter their state and let the state police know you are transporting a firearm thru their state...

and federal lands be careful

What good does it do you locked in a case in the trunk unloaded?

Are you gonna ask the bad guy to wait while you get it out and load it?

If you're not gonna carry it on your person loaded and locked then leave it at home. Take a ball bat instead.

Just stay out of New York. Even the way you are carrying it, it's considered "loaded"

Seriously.

What type of "emergency" will allow you the time to:

Run to your vehicle

Unlock and open the trunk

Unlock your handgun case and retrieve your gun

Unlock and open your ammo case

Load your weapon

Aquire your target?


My philosophy is, No one will know I'm carrying unless I need my weapon. If I need my weapon I don't give a shit what the law says.

My advice.....just do it, I carry everywhere pretty much whenever I want, just shut the f up about already.....capiche

Locked up, as you describe, you would be perfectly legal in any national park. If in doubt, google search the term 'national parks gun laws'.

you should have a CCW license that is recognized in every state your traveling through.

I drive from VA to Florida and only one state I have a problem with and that's SC. Some states have reciprocal CCW's. Also Federal Instate gun laws state that you can carry a weapon if locked in the trunk and accessible.

2. Travel in Interstate Commerce with Firearm – A person is entitled to transport a firearm for any lawful purpose, from one State where his firearms possession is legal to another State where his firearms possession is legal, and the firearms may not be seized by State or local Police if:

a. During the transportation the firearm is unloaded, and neither the firearm nor any ammo being transported is readily or directly accessible from the passenger compartment, or

b. In the case of a vehicle without a compartment separate from the driver’s compartment the firearm and ammo shall be contained in a locked container other than the glove compartment or console.

§ 926A, see also Article VI, U.S. Constitution, Supremacy Clause

Federal gun law supercedes State law, you should be ok.

Look, I understand its not optimal to have it locked away how the law recommends as it will do no good in certain situations however I do not want to get fucked by the long arm of the law, its peace of mind while complying. The last thing I want to do is have my firearm seized and slapped with fines for improper transportation.

Thank you for posting the actual statues in place regarding transportation.

The NRA has a good breakdown
[link to www.nraila.org]

Or more simplistic is cheaper than dirts webpage
[link to cheaperthandirt.com]

My last question if anyone might know, If I were in a National Park and went hiking thus leaving the car unattended for a few days or so, would I be breaking any laws by leaving the firearm in the car unattended in a parking lot?

These are all hypothetical scenarios that I would rather be prepared for to handle properly if every confronted with.
If I wasn't in NJ, I wouldn't have such a fear for gun regulations but my state sucks and has zero tolerance for negligence