§ 926A. Interstate transportation of firearms

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1986

   Pub. L. 99–360 § 1(a) · 100 Stat. 766

   Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 926A

   (Added Pub. L. 99–360, § 1(a), July 8, 1986, 100 Stat. 766.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (Added Pub. L. 99–360, § 1(a), July 8, 1986, 100 Stat. 766.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Strike out section 926A of title 18, United States Code, and insert in lieu thereof the following new section: “§ 926A. Interstate transportation of firearms “Notwithstanding any other provision of any law or any rule or State and local governments. regulation of a State or any political subdivision thereof, any person who is not otherwise prohibited by this chapter from transporting, shipping, or receiving a firearm shall be entitled to transport a firearm for any lawful purpose from any place where he may lawfully possess and carry such firearm to any other place where he may lawfully possess and carry such firearm if, during such transportation the firearm is unloaded, and neither the firearm nor any ammunition being transported is readily accessible or is directly accessible from the passenger compartment of such transporting vehicle: Provided, That in the case of a vehicle without a compartment separate from the driver’s compartment the firearm or ammunition shall be contained in a locked container other than the glove compartment or console.”.

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