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I believe this has no bearing on the topic. The distinction being that your case was an in state sale. I do believe that your interpretatio of the law is correct in that no person means exactly that( no person whether commercial or individual) . If you are going to go with the black and white of the law then you must also believe the verbage about within the state. That was his downfall. My point is that it is very clear about magazine sales from outside the state. The fact that it is not clear about ammo sales from outside the state means that it was intentionally left out because it must be legal.
For what it's worth (which is exactly nothing,) I agree that sales outside of MA do not appear to run afoul of the black and white wording in 122B, and probably wouldn't be subject to MA laws anyway. Furthermore I have seen nothing in the actual law that would make buying ammo outside of the state illegal whether in person, by mail, over the internet, or any other way.
Unfortunately that hasn't stopped the current and previous attorneys general from leaning on out of state vendors that they find out about and getting a settlement. (A settlement which is legally binding in and of itself.)
To the OP: If you can find an out of state vendor who hasn't signed a settlement and is willing to ship to MA there is nothing illegal about buying ammo from them. All that we ask as fellow MA gun owners is that you keep quiet about any that you do find so that they stay off of the AG's radar.