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If you mean a complete lower, a 100% lower (ready for parts, no machining necessary) is not a "Firearm, Rifle, or Shotgun" according to Mass. law, but it *is* a Firearm according to Federal law and subject to those restrictions.

Federal law has a special category for stripped, 100% AR lowers[1] which disallows the sale across state lines, because an AR lower could be a rifle or a handgun depending on how it's eventually built. A NH dealer can sell a rifle or shotgun to a MA resident, or the receiver of either (because they're not ever handguns) and can sell a full AR (because it's already a rifle), but a stripped, undesignated lower is its own special category which a MA resident can't buy in NH.

[1] I forget the term, "other" maybe? (but not "any other weapon" which is stuff like pen guns and stuff I think) It's *not* a handgun or a rifle or shotgun.

<blockquote data-quote="milktree" data-source="post: 5530585" data-attributes="member: 10900">If you mean a complete lower, a 100% lower (ready for parts, no machining necessary) is not a &quot;Firearm, Rifle, or Shotgun&quot; according to Mass. law, but it *is* a Firearm according to Federal law and subject to those restrictions.Federal law has a special category for stripped, 100% AR lowers[1] which disallows the sale across state lines, because an AR lower could be a rifle or a handgun depending on how it&#039;s eventually built.&nbsp; A NH dealer can sell a rifle or shotgun to a MA resident, or the receiver of either (because they&#039;re not ever handguns) and can sell a full AR (because it&#039;s already a rifle), but a stripped, undesignated lower is its own special category which a MA resident can&#039;t buy in NH.[1] I forget the term, &quot;other&quot; maybe?&nbsp; (but not &quot;any other weapon&quot; which is stuff like pen guns and stuff I think) It&#039;s *not* a handgun or a rifle or shotgun.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="milktree, post: 5530585, member: 10900"] If you mean a complete lower, a 100% lower (ready for parts, no machining necessary) is not a "Firearm, Rifle, or Shotgun" according to Mass. law, but it *is* a Firearm according to Federal law and subject to those restrictions. Federal law has a special category for stripped, 100% AR lowers[1] which disallows the sale across state lines, because an AR lower could be a rifle or a handgun depending on how it's eventually built. A NH dealer can sell a rifle or shotgun to a MA resident, or the receiver of either (because they're not ever handguns) and can sell a full AR (because it's already a rifle), but a stripped, undesignated lower is its own special category which a MA resident can't buy in NH. [1] I forget the term, "other" maybe? (but not "any other weapon" which is stuff like pen guns and stuff I think) It's *not* a handgun or a rifle or shotgun. [/QUOTE]

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