Thread: Guns on board
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Old 03-12-2018, 08:27 PM   #19
k9medic
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Okay, I'll provide the OP with some factual information for him to utilize:

First, neither Florida or Georgia require that a firearm be registered or a permit to purchase a gun.

There is no such thing as "in his/her name" in these states. While your wife may have bought the gun, as long as you are not prohibited from owning or possessing a gun (felon, domestic violence injunction, adjudicated mentally incompetent, and some others...) then you can.

Having a gun on a boat has been discussed numerous times but you need to make sure that if it is in your possession while in Georgia or Florida that you do not have it concealed. You CAN have it in a zippered case (loaded or unloaded) and store it that way.

When you get to the Bahamas, as Donna said, you declare it, advise on the number of rounds that you have and you keep it locked up.

I carry a gun for a living and it goes with me to the Bahamas when I do.
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