[nigelcorn]

I'm sorry if this has been asked repeatedly before, I couldn't find it.

I currently live in Nevada, a pretty gun friendly state. There is a good chance that two years from now I will have to move to another state. I won't know which state, but it could very likely be somewhere like California, or back east--a much less NFA friendly state.

If I were to get an SBR or suppressed (or both) weapon while here in Nevada, what would I do while I was living in that other state? I don't have any family that live in Nevada that I could put on a trust and leave it with them. I would ideally come back to Nevada, but I would be gone for anywhere from 3-7 years.

So, what is the protocol in that situation. I assume I couldn't take it with me to a state like California, so what would I do in that situation. If I did happen to move to an NFA friendly state, like Arizona, what is the protocol for taking an NFA weapon there?

Thanks for the help.

[Quiet]

Certain Title 2 firearms (DD/MG/SBR/SBS) require BATFE approval prior to transporting them acrosss state lines.
(use the Form 2320.20 ( http://www.atf.gov/forms/download/atf-f-5320-20.pdf) in order to get approval to transport it temporarily or permanently across state lines)

BATFE NFA branch has stated in the past that a person who ownes a Title 2 firearm in a NFA friendly state and moves to a non-NFA friendly state, that the owner can store the Title 2 firearm in a NFA friendly state while they reside in the non-NFA friendly state.

The Title 2 firearm has to be stored in such a way that the owner is the only person who can access it.
Examples... in a safety deposit box at a bank or in a gun safe in which the owner retains the combo/key & no one else has the combo/key to the gun safe.

[nigelcorn]

Thanks for the help!

[MIgunguy]

Certain Title 2 firearms (DD/MG/SBR/SBS) require BATFE approval prior to transporting them acrosss state lines.
(use the Form 2320.20 ( http://www.atf.gov/forms/download/atf-f-5320-20.pdf) in order to get approval to transport it temporarily or permanently across state lines)
Thanks for posting this, I was wondering where to get this form (I saw the "written approval" part on the form 4 when I was filling it out but no reference to this, IIRC)... I was going to ask my dealer upon approval.

Glad to see, too, that this doesn't apply to suppressors... I had an interesting conversation with someone at the range where I work about a suppressor that a customer (from another state) had... I mentioned this "written approval" stuff regarding interstate transport and he had never heard of it and apparently didn't want to hear of it.

[Quiet]

BATFE approval is not required for transporting AOW and NS across state lines.

However, you should check the legality of the AOW/NS in the state you are going to, in order to make sure it is legal in that state.

[MasterSergeantA]

"NS"? That is a new abbreviation to me.

[Quiet]

NS = Noise Suppressor.


Seen the abbreviation being used about.

[MasterSergeantA]

Ah so, deska. Domo arigato.

Hadn't seen it used, but it makes sense.