Hunting & Fishing Transporting hunting rifle and ammo from Orlando to Coopersburg PA through Newark airport

[lrgrendel]

Will be hunting on a friend’s property in November. ( already have my out of state buck and antlerless tags!!) in Coopersburg
. Not worried about going through Orlando airport but am concerned with the police at Newark airport or getting stopped by New Jersey State police in my rented car. I am a Florida resident.

The rifle will be in a locked plastic case and ammo in a separate container. The airline will except it.

Just wondering what the implications are should I get stopped by any LEO?

Would appreciate only known facts or laws and not what you might have got away with!

Thanks

 

[padom]

Fly into Philly. Haha

 

[CMP70306]

I second that, fly into either philly or Lehigh valley international or anywhere else in PA and do not land in the people’s republic of NJ. The state police and local attorneys in north NJ would love nothing more than to catch you breaking one of their stupid asinine gun laws so they could throw the book at you and jack each other off rather than spending time prosecuting actual criminals.

 

[deersniper]

Id drive a few more hours over flying into a hostile country that has things like HP bans.

 

[BigTex]

Ship your rifle to your friend.

 

[lrgrendel]

Ship your rifle to your friend.

Yea. Thought of that. Bit expensive. 2 FFL’s plus shipping each way...
But thanks..

 

[deersniper]

Yea. Thought of that. Bit expensive. 2 FFL’s plus shipping each way...
But thanks..

Pretty sure you can ship it to yourself to that address with no ffl involvement.

 

[308pirate]

Pretty sure you can ship it to yourself to that address with no ffl involvement.

He absolutely can: https://www.atf.gov/firearms/qa/may...s-or-her-use-hunting-or-other-lawful-activity

Another vote for staying the fuck out of New Jersey, New York, and Massachusetts when traveling with firearms.

 

[Mike Casselton]

Yep, ship it to yourself c/o your friend. Return ship to yourself at home.
I've done the same.

 

[BigTex]

A little late to the party, but these guys are right, no FFL needed.

 

[lrgrendel]

He absolutely can: https://www.atf.gov/firearms/qa/may...s-or-her-use-hunting-or-other-lawful-activity

Another vote for staying the fuck out of New Jersey, New York, and Massachusetts when traveling with firearms.

Thank you. This may be the way to go!