18 U.S.C. § 926A
Interstate transportation of firearms
Notwithstanding any other provision of any law or any rule or 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.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 42
cases (10 in the last 5 years), 1990–2026 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Harris
Commonwealth v. Harris (2019)
“The defendant argues that a new trial is required because the judge denied his request for an instruction on 18 U.S.C. § 926A, as well as because the judge assertedly did not instruct on G.”
Muscarello v. United States (1998)
“, 18 U. S. C. § 926A (permitting the transportation of firearms in a vehicle, but only if "neither the firearm nor any ammunition being transported is readily accessible or is directly accessible from the passenger compartment of such transporting vehicle"); see infra, at…”
Torraco v. PORT AUTHORITY OF NY. AND NJ. (2010)
“111 (c)(2), [1] and relied upon 18 U.S.C. § 926A ("Section 926A"), a statute' which allows individuals to transport firearms from one state in which they are legal, through another state in which they are illegal, to a third state in which they are legal, provided that several…”
Torraco v. Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (2008)
“The unifying element is that with regard to each incident, plaintiffs assert that defendants failed to recognize plaintiffs’ rights under 18 U.S.C. § 926A (“ § 926A”), a statute which, under certain circumstances, allows gun owners to transport their firearms interstate without…”
Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs v. Port Authority (2013)
“would enjoin the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and Scott Erickson (collectively, the “Port Authority”) from enforcing certain 3 New Jersey statutes, which prohibit possession of a firearm without a permit and possession of hollow-point ammunition,1 against…”
Torraco v. Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (2010)
“111 (c)(2), 1 and relied upon 18 U.S.C. § 926A (“Section 926A”), a statute’ which allows individuals to transport firearms from one state in which they are legal, through another state in which they are illegal, to a third state in which they are legal, provided that several…”
McDaniel v. Arnold (2012)
“§ 1983 based on an allegedly unreasonable search and seizure, in violation of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and a federal *818 statute, 18 U.S.C. § 926A, which is a provision of the Firearm Owners Protection Act; Count II alleges violations of Articles…”
Duberry v. District of Columbia (2016)
“18 U.S.C. § 926A (emphasis added). 17 at such risks before the concealed-carry right could be exercised, much less that Congress intended to foreclose a Section 1983 remedy.”
New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n v. City of New York (2015)
“Plaintiffs’ argument that 38 RCNY § 5-23(a)(3) conflicts with the Firearms Owners’ Protection Act (“FOPA”), 18 U.S.C. § 926A, is similarly unconvincing.”
Revell v. Port Auth NY & NJ (2009)
“In contrast, the federal law, 18 U.S.C. § 926A, permits the transportation of firearms and ammunition through a state, even if possession of the firearms in that state would otherwise be illegal, so long as: 1) the firearms and ammunition are lawful in both the states of…”
Coalition of New Jersey Sportsmen v. Florio (1990)
“2C:39-9(g) (manufacture, transport, shipment, sale or disposal), are preempted by federal law to the extent these provisions prohibit the sale of air guns and “traditional” B-B guns, in violation of 15 U.S.”
Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association v. Attorney General New Jersey (2024)
“We have determined that LEOSA’s neighboring statute, 18 U.S.C. § 926A, “establish[ed] a clear positive entitlement” to “transport firearms in certain circumstances” because the statute stated that qualified persons “shall be entitled” to do so.”
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