[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 27CFR478.28]

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            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
   CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES, 
                          DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 478_COMMERCE IN FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart C_Administrative and Miscellaneous Provisions
 
Sec. 478.28  Transportation of destructive devices and certain firearms.

    (a) The Director may authorize a person to transport in interstate 
or foreign commerce any destructive device, machine gun, short-barreled 
shotgun, or short-barreled rifle, if he finds that such transportation 
is reasonably necessary and is consistent with public safety and 
applicable State and local law. A person who desires to transport in 
interstate or foreign commerce any such device or weapon shall submit a 
written request so to do, in duplicate, to the Director. The request 
shall contain:
    (1) A complete description and identification of the device or 
weapon to be transported;
    (2) A statement whether such transportation involves a transfer of 
title;
    (3) The need for such transportation;
    (4) The approximate date such transportation is to take place;
    (5) The present location of such device or weapon and the place to 
which it is to be transported;

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    (6) The mode of transportation to be used (including, if by common 
or contract carrier, the name and address of such carrier); and
    (7) Evidence that the transportation or possession of such device or 
weapon is not inconsistent with the laws at the place of destination.
    (b) No person shall transport any destructive device, machine gun, 
short-barreled shotgun, or short-barreled rifle in interstate or foreign 
commerce under the provisions of this section until he has received 
specific authorization so to do from the Director. Authorization granted 
under this section does not carry or import relief from any other 
statutory or regulatory provision relating to firearms.
    (c) This section shall not be construed as requiring licensees to 
obtain authorization to transport destructive devices, machine guns, 
short-barreled shotguns, and short-barreled rifles in interstate or 
foreign commerce: Provided, That in the case of a licensed importer, 
licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer, such a licensee is qualified 
under the National Firearms Act (see also Part 479 of this chapter) and 
this part to engage in the business with respect to the device or weapon 
to be transported, and that in the case of a licensed collector, the 
device or weapon to be transported is a curio or relic.

[33 FR 18555, Dec. 14, 1968. Redesignated at 40 FR 16385, Apr. 15, 1975, 
and amended by T.D. ATF-138, 48 FR 35399, Aug. 4, 1983]