CrackPot
NES Member
We have a lot of posts where people talk about the database. Such and such a gun is in my name, how do I get rid of it? Such and such a gun was not FA10'd, can I sell it or do I have to register it first? And so it goes on and on.
- The database is a write only record of transactions
- When an entry is made, it is there forever. All it does is record a transaction
- MA does NOT have registration
- instead we have requirements in MGL to record certain transactions when they take place (within 7 days in most cases).
- It is not unlawful to possess a weapon that was never transacted to you in the database
- I can list no less than 8 ways that you broke no laws yet have a gun that is not transacted to you in the database
- You can never "remove" a gun from your name
- Guns are not in your name now or ever
- Transactions occur and you can be the recipient of the weapon in the database
- All this means is that you possessed the weapon for an instant in time
- There is no data integrity
- No one or nothing checks that the data makes sense
- When you transact a gun away, nothing checks if you previously had it transacted to you
- Nothing is removed or erased
- If you do a records search, you see your history
- NOT what you currently possess, just the history of everything ever transacted TO you
- LOTS of bad data is in the database
- paper FA10s were entered and typos occured
- People have unintentional or intentional mistakes when they do eFA10s
- Recording transactions is almost always the responsibility of the "seller"
- It is not your concern if the "seller" makes a mistake or does it wrong
- I say "seller" because if you bring a gun in from out of state you are responsible so that is one exception, there are others but they are edge cases
- Manufacturing guns for yourself
- The state will tell you to do a FA10 registration within 7 days.
- I challenge you to find the entry in MGL that makes this a requirement
- MGL 140 128B speaks about acquisition, not manufacturing
- But most people believe it applies and behave accordingly
- MGL 140 128B speaks about acquisition, not manufacturing
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