Author Topic: HR 358 INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF FIREARMS OR AMMUNITION aka FOPA  (Read 2077 times)

Cbmarine

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HR 358 contains amendments to 18 USC 926 aka FOPA.
The bill adds:
"staying in temporary lodging overnight, stopping for food, fuel, vehicle maintenance, an emergency, medical treatment, and any other activity incidental to the transport"
And
"When a person successfully asserts this section as a defense in a criminal proceeding, the court shall award the prevailing defendant a reasonable attorney’s fee."

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Re: HR 358 INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF FIREARMS OR AMMUNITION aka FOPA
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2017, 09:46:46 PM »
Good post CB!!

Very important that this now provided FOPA protection for transport by means other than your car. I read this to cover transport by any means. Bike, boat, plane, on foot.

Major effect of this will be to end the arrests of honest citizens checking a firearm at New Jersey or New York airports.

As I read it, you could carry in a locked container as part of your transport. 

And the burden of proof is on the prosecution. 
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Re: HR 358 INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF FIREARMS OR AMMUNITION aka FOPA
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2017, 12:30:28 AM »
Good post CB!!

Very important that this now provided FOPA protection for transport by means other than your car. I read this to cover transport by any means. Bike, boat, plane, on foot.

Major effect of this will be to end the arrests of honest citizens checking a firearm at New Jersey or New York airports.

As I read it, you could carry in a locked container as part of your transport. 

And the burden of proof is on the prosecution. 

We all need to ask are congressmen to support HR 358. I know, this won't happen in DE but we can at least let them know that we support it.
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