A guy at my club claims that one must now have ammo in a separately locked container (separate from the guns) when travelling, like to a match. That makes one locked container for the gun and another for the ammo. Is this correct?
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KMaurer said:I guy in my old office claims that that JFK actually survived the shooting in Dallas and is secretly living in South America with Marilyn Monroe. There's as much proof for his claim as for your buddy's.
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He may be mis-interpreting a CMR, buried somewhere in the section that perports to regulate gunpowder and the quantity of ammo that one may posess. IIRC,There is a "requirement" that ammo be stored in a locked container.Emoto said:A guy at my club claims that one must now have ammo in a separately locked container (separate from the guns) when travelling, like to a match. That makes one locked container for the gun and another for the ammo. Is this correct?
jhrosier said:He may be mis-interpreting a CMR, buried somewhere in the section that perports to regulate gunpowder and the quantity of ammo that one may posess. IIRC,There is a "requirement" that ammo be stored in a locked container.
Someone who is more familiar with the CMR's may want to dig this one out for our collective entertainment.
Rob Boudrie said:3. "It's illegal to posess a firearms on school grounds." (Nope, it has to be "on your person" to qualify as a 10j violation - although many police and lawyers are not aware of this)
MGL contains no exemption to the ban of "on your person" for the purpose of handling the gun in the school parking lot, or even driving to the parking lot while on school property if the gun is "on your person" during the drive.traveler57 said:Darius,
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b) go to the school parking lot, stow your unloaded gun in the trunk
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b) is legal but some here say ill advised
Prior to entering the school grounds.Cross-X said:C is a sensible choice. The most cautious among us would unholster inside the passenger compartment, conceal the gun in a bag, towel, briefcase or somesuch, before taking the gun to the trunk and quickly stashing it in the vault in the trunk.
Cross-X said:...a trunk full of guns on school property, that officer won't, erroneously, arrest him on a charge of carrying a firearm on school property.
...Seriously, what many people forget is this: not all police officers can be relied upon to have perfect knowledge of the application of MA's firearms laws. Many who are not sure will simply arrest and let the district attorney's office lawyers sort it out....An arrest can ruin your whole day.
Whoever, not being a law enforcement officer, and notwithstanding any license obtained by him under the provisions of chapter one hundred and forty, carries on his person a firearm as hereinafter defined, loaded or unloaded or other dangerous weapon in any building or on the grounds of any elementary or secondary school, college or university without the written authorization of the board or officer in charge of such elementary or secondary school, college or university shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. For the purpose of this paragraph, “firearm” shall mean any pistol, revolver, rifle or smoothbore arm from which a shot, bullet or pellet can be discharged by whatever means.
Any officer in charge of an elementary or secondary school, college or university or any faculty member or administrative officer of an elementary or secondary school, college or university failing to report violations of this paragraph shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.