FOPA 1986.
Firearm Owners' Protection Act.
18 USC, SS 921
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearm...Protection_Act
Quote:
One of the law's provisions was that persons traveling from one place to another for a shooting sports event or any other lawful activity cannot be arrested for a firearms offense in a state that has strict gun control laws if the traveler is just passing through (short stops for food and gas) and the firearms and ammunition are not immediately accessible, unloaded and, in the case of a vehicle without a compartment separate from the driver’s compartment, in a locked container.[5]
An example of this would be that someone driving from Virginia to a competition in Vermont with a locked hard case containing an unloaded handgun and a box of ammunition in the trunk could not be prosecuted in New Jersey or New York City for illegal possession of a handgun provided that they did not stop in New Jersey or New York for an extended period of time.
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This is an interpretation from Wikipedia, so take it with a grain of salt, but unloaded and inaccessible is the key to be protected via FOPA while travelling through various "-istan" states with draconian gun laws. Newyorkistan, Kalifornistan, et cetera.
Print a copy of the FOPA and travel with it, just in case it is necessary to educate an overzealous officer. Or cite to a judge.