While I am a MA LTC A, this question pertains more to general law, but Mods, move to MA gun law if more appropriate...
I have a small cruising boat. Let's say I want to take this down the coast for the winter. Let's also say I would like to bring my rifle and handgun with me.
The boat will take 14 days to get down the coast, stopping at every state down the coast.
For some of the trip, the boat will be outside of coastal US territory (12 mile limit), but will be down the intra coastal canal for a lot of the trip.
I know that FOPA regulates how you carry thru the states in a car, so if this was a RV trip instead of boat, keeping them in a locked container etc. would work.
But what laws regulate carrying firearms on the water?
Thanks.
I have a small cruising boat. Let's say I want to take this down the coast for the winter. Let's also say I would like to bring my rifle and handgun with me.
The boat will take 14 days to get down the coast, stopping at every state down the coast.
For some of the trip, the boat will be outside of coastal US territory (12 mile limit), but will be down the intra coastal canal for a lot of the trip.
I know that FOPA regulates how you carry thru the states in a car, so if this was a RV trip instead of boat, keeping them in a locked container etc. would work.
But what laws regulate carrying firearms on the water?
Thanks.