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50 CFR 27.42 - Firearms.

§ 27.42
Firearms.
Only the following persons may possess, use, or transport firearms on national wildlife refuges in accordance with this section and applicable Federal and State law:
(a) Persons using firearms for public hunting under the provisions of 50 CFR part 32.
(b) Persons carrying unloaded firearms, that are dismantled or cased, in vehicles and boats over routes of travel designated under the provision of subchapter C.
(c) Persons authorized to use firearms for the taking of specimens of wildlife for scientific purposes.
(d) Persons authorized by special regulations or permits to possess or use firearms for the protection of property, for field trials, and other special purposes.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Chapter, persons may possess, carry, and transport concealed, loaded, and operable firearms within a national wildlife refuge in accordance with the laws of the state in which the wildlife refuge, or that portion thereof, is located, except as otherwise prohibited by applicable Federal law.
[46 FR 47230, Sept. 25, 1981, as amended at 73 FR 74971, Dec. 10, 2008]

Title 50 published on 2012-10-01

no entries appear in the Federal Register after this date.

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United States Code
USC : Title 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES

§ 685

§ 690d

USC : Title 16 - CONSERVATION

§ 460k - Public recreation use of fish and wildlife conservation areas; compatibility with conservation purposes; appropriate incidental or secondary use; consistency with other Federal...of individual areas; repeal or amendment of provisions for p

§ 664 - Administration; rules and regulations; availability of lands to State agencies

§ 668dd - National Wildlife Refuge System

§ 685 - Hunting, trapping, killing, or capturing game in designated breeding areas unlawful

§ 690d - Injuries to property on Bear River Refuge; disturbance of birds, etc.; violation of regulations for use of refuge

§ 715i - Administration

§ 715s - Participation of local governments in revenue from areas administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service

§ 725 - Regulations, etc., by Secretary of the Interior

USC : Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS

§ 315a - Protection, administration, regulation, and improvement of districts; rules and regulations; study of erosion and flood control; offenses