I’m lucky to be travelling to NZ to hunt red stags. I have all my NZ paperwork/firearms license in line and am not worried about getting into the country. I have to connect through LA from Vancouver and then head to NZ (There were no direct flights available for the dates I needed to leave). My question is, will I need to have the US rifle permits and go through Customs in LA as well or since I’ll just be in the airport in LA I’d just have to go through customs in NZ. I’ve called the us border patrol and tsa but they aren’t open on the weekends and I’m impatient so if anyone has any insight I’d appreciate it. Otherwise I’ll just have to wait until Monday. Thanks