Question about guns on RV

[settingsun]

Please forward if this is not the correct forum.

I am about to drive thru lower states in an RV, say all 48 of them. Is it legal to keep pistols on the RV?
thanks

 

[CHenry]

Yes, the rv is your house as long as your living in it.

 

[hrdware]

Yes, the rv is your house as long as your living in it.

But only when it is not moving. While it is moving, it is considered a vehicle and you must follow the appropriate laws of that state regarding transporting firearms in a vehicle.

 

[CHenry]

But only when it is not moving. While it is moving, it is considered a vehicle and you must follow the appropriate laws of that state regarding transporting firearms in a vehicle.

Yes and I think by default as long as its "out of his reach" when hes driving because its locked in the RV, he is good, is he not?

 

[CHenry]

Nonetheless If you were to get stopped a cop would never know they were in there (and wouldnt care) and can not search it. I see it as a non issue.

 

[tulsamal]

Remember the woman who was arrested in New Jersey despite having a valid CCW? The laws are different and some states are a PITA. For instance, driving through California. You get pulled over and somehow a search is launched. Then you have guns that aren't on the CA Approved List. AR's with high capacity mags. Glocks with high capacity mags. Etc. Same thing in Illinois or New York state.

I used to drive from OK to OH. Went through Illinois. I would always stop and unload my CCW and put it in the trunk before I crossed the state line. Then load back up at the other side. I wasn't going to jail over this.

 

[SMS]

In anti-gun places like NYC and Washington D.C. that have all out bans or wide reaching handgun restrictions, federal transportation laws (Firearms Owner Protection Act) will not always protect you from arrest. They might help in fighting prosecution, but I wouldn't want to be in that situation.

I'd steer clear of any State or municipality that has outright handgun bans or strict permitting laws.

https://www.nraila.org/articles/20140630/guide-to-the-interstate-transportation
http://www.handgunlaw.us

 

[Okie4570]

Remember the woman who was arrested in New Jersey despite having a valid CCW? The laws are different and some states are a PITA. For instance, driving through California. You get pulled over and somehow a search is launched. Then you have guns that aren't on the CA Approved List. AR's with high capacity mags. Glocks with high capacity mags. Etc. Same thing in Illinois or New York state.

I used to drive from OK to OH. Went through Illinois. I would always stop and unload my CCW and put it in the trunk before I crossed the state line. Then load back up at the other side. I wasn't going to jail over this.

Did the same driving to Chicago last summer.

 

[settingsun]

thanks, that is what I thought.

How about the magazine limits, say I am going CA, would not 15 or 18 mags been banned?

 

[settingsun]

Good point, thanks.