Taking an AR out of stae and bringing it back ?

rebs · September 11, 2016, 06:51 AM

Do any of you guys shoot at Camp Parry, Ohio and take your AR ?
What is involved ?
I live in NYS and we are going to Tennessee to visit our kids and grand kids. I would like to take my AR along since my son wants to take me shooting at a range there.
What would be any problems I may encounter if any ?

g.willikers · September 11, 2016, 08:02 AM

It sounds like you've been living in NYC way too long.
Enjoy your trip back to America.
Unless there's the equivalent of Checkpoint Charlie at the NY boundary, what exactly are you worried about?
Has it really gotten that fascist there?
P.S
It's Camp Perry in northern Ohio over looking Lake Erie and named after an actual person who well deserves to be remembered.

Old Bill Dibble · September 11, 2016, 11:39 AM

I'd be careful in Tennessee. If you drop it on your foot it might hurt.

So far as taking it back to NYS I'd make sure I had the receipt showing when and where I bought it especially if it is non-SAFE Act compliant. If you do get stopped and searched for some weird reason in NYS you don't want the police thinking you bought it out of state and are importing it illegally.

mikejonestkd · September 11, 2016, 12:09 PM

As others have said, the only issue might be if you got stopped and searched on your way back into NYS.
As long as it is compliant you should be good to bring it back in.
It wouldn't hurt to bring your dated sales receipt

rebs · September 11, 2016, 02:18 PM

Thank you for the replies. NYS can be brutal if you get the wrong cop. There have been some arrests over the safe act, some stuck and some were thrown out. The best way I can describe it is that it depends on the cop and the judge.

johnwilliamson062 · September 11, 2016, 09:19 PM

You could always just forget the return trip and settle in TN

db4570 · September 11, 2016, 09:51 PM

Did you register it in NY? Unless you registered your AR with NYS after the start of the "SAFE Act", it is a felony to own one. No way I'd drive around with one in NY if it's unregistered.

I'd be nervous in other states you might pass through, too. Mostly MD or NJ, but I'd research any I was going to pass through.

David

rebs · September 12, 2016, 07:02 AM

The AR had to be registered unless it is NY compliant. The gun shops are selling NY compliant AR's
Less than 1% of AR owners registered them.

September 11, 2016, 06:51 AM	#1
rebs Senior Member Join Date: January 10, 2012 Posts: 3,881	Taking an AR out of stae and bringing it back ? Do any of you guys shoot at Camp Parry, Ohio and take your AR ? What is involved ? I live in NYS and we are going to Tennessee to visit our kids and grand kids. I would like to take my AR along since my son wants to take me shooting at a range there. What would be any problems I may encounter if any ?

September 11, 2016, 08:02 AM	#2
g.willikers Senior Member Join Date: September 28, 2008 Posts: 10,442	It sounds like you've been living in NYC way too long. Enjoy your trip back to America. Unless there's the equivalent of Checkpoint Charlie at the NY boundary, what exactly are you worried about? Has it really gotten that fascist there? P.S It's Camp Perry in northern Ohio over looking Lake Erie and named after an actual person who well deserves to be remembered. __________________ Walt Kelly, alias Pogo, sez: “Don't take life so serious, son, it ain't nohow permanent.” Last edited by g.willikers; September 11, 2016 at 08:08 AM.

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mikejonestkd Senior Member Join Date: January 3, 2006 Location: Brockport, NY Posts: 3,716	As others have said, the only issue might be if you got stopped and searched on your way back into NYS. As long as it is compliant you should be good to bring it back in. It wouldn't hurt to bring your dated sales receipt __________________ You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

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September 11, 2016, 11:39 AM	#3
Old Bill Dibble Senior Member Join Date: July 25, 2016 Posts: 802	I'd be careful in Tennessee. If you drop it on your foot it might hurt. So far as taking it back to NYS I'd make sure I had the receipt showing when and where I bought it especially if it is non-SAFE Act compliant. If you do get stopped and searched for some weird reason in NYS you don't want the police thinking you bought it out of state and are importing it illegally.

September 11, 2016, 02:18 PM	#5
rebs Senior Member Join Date: January 10, 2012 Posts: 3,881	Thank you for the replies. NYS can be brutal if you get the wrong cop. There have been some arrests over the safe act, some stuck and some were thrown out. The best way I can describe it is that it depends on the cop and the judge.

September 11, 2016, 09:19 PM	#6
johnwilliamson062 Junior member Join Date: May 16, 2008 Posts: 9,995	You could always just forget the return trip and settle in TN

September 11, 2016, 09:51 PM	#7
db4570 Senior Member Join Date: January 2, 2013 Posts: 167	Did you register it in NY? Unless you registered your AR with NYS after the start of the "SAFE Act", it is a felony to own one. No way I'd drive around with one in NY if it's unregistered. I'd be nervous in other states you might pass through, too. Mostly MD or NJ, but I'd research any I was going to pass through. David

September 12, 2016, 07:02 AM	#8
rebs Senior Member Join Date: January 10, 2012 Posts: 3,881	The AR had to be registered unless it is NY compliant. The gun shops are selling NY compliant AR's Less than 1% of AR owners registered them.