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Same thing you do with a lower purchased after the "ban" - build it and enjoy!
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MA Assault Weapons Ban "AWB" FAQ
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Same thing you do with a lower purchased after the "ban" - build it and enjoy!
Sorry if this question is answered in the many pages of the this thread but here goes. So I’m a ma resident with duel residency with NH. Can I purchase a pre ban ar/ak In nh where they aren’t $3000 and file an fa 10 in ma for it and be legal?
Varmint
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It’s supposed to have been in Mass before the ban. But it’s still legal if you don’t efa10 it.
Wat? Any gun you acquire needs to be reported, but there's no language that says it has to have been "in Mass. before the ban."
MGL C. 140 § 131M said:
"lawfully possessed" doesn't specify where it was lawfully possessed; it could have have been in the Colt factory, lawfully possessed.
I don't understand why the word "lawfully" is in there. I'm not sure what pre 9/13/94 "assault weapon" could be possessed unlawfully, unless it was manufactured by an prohibited person and nobody else possessed it until after 9/13/94.
I’m really accepting the fact that there is a huge gray area when it come to duel residency between MA and NH. And a lot comes down to interpretation of the law because there is no black and white answer. Would have really been a nice provision in all this BS they wrote concidering the amount of boarder hopping that goes on daily between the two states.
Per MGL, yes this is legal.
Per the Mad Max AG's press conference, no it isn't legal and almost every MA AR/AK owner is a felon according to her.
You can believe the printed law or the ravings of a lunatic. This is the gray area you refer to.
Per the Mad Max AG's press conference, no it isn't legal and almost every MA AR/AK owner is a felon according to her.
You can believe the printed law or the ravings of a lunatic. This is the gray area you refer to.
Varmint
NES Member
Scar is not banned by the AG but you’d have to use an FFL if you’re out of state.
Do you need an FFL for an approved rifle?
DarthRevan
NES Member
Yes. Assuming the AWB compliant rifle isn’t already being sold by a MA LTC holder.
Face to face is a no-no but if you buy from a store it’s ok. Is that correct?
DarthRevan
NES Member
For long guns that would otherwise be legal in your home state, yes.
Varmint
NES Member
If he’s no longer a Mass resident he can’t legally bring it into MA. He could do it at a NH FFL that regularly sells to MA residents. Like Stateline, Next Level etc. I think he could also find a buyer and meet him at a NH FFL to do the transfer. Just can’t face to face out of state.
If the owner has a NR LTC, he can bring it to a MA FFL for a transfer to a MA resident. Otherwise a person with a MA LTC (NR or resident) could drive to the MA FFL with him to do the transfer.
Got a guy selling me a lower. It was purchased and registered before the ban and he is going to do an EFA 10. Am I correct in assuming that if it was not registered after being purchased you wouldnt be able to transfer it to a buyer?
this is all up for debate. the MGL doesn't cover it. anyone's guess is as good as another. there is simply no way to say "such and such date is OK to personal transfer" so forth. the only actual date that matters is the 1994 business which covers the AWB such that rifles built before that time the AWB does not apply.
performing an FA10 on a lower alone is retarded and questionable. it's a firearm when it can fire a projectile so this whole idea of doing FA10's on lowers is just straight dumb and made up by people who think they can "stay legal" by doing it. it also requires providing somewhat false information like "rifle" and barrel length neither of which apply to a lower.
I mean I have a S&W M&P 15 Sport that I got via personal transfer last year and haven't heard anything about that. I know that no FFLs or gun shops will do it unless its strictly pre 1994. But i thought that person to person sale and transfer of items prior to the communists determining that we are the actual criminals was okay to do. Maybe I'm stupid?
Bottom line is the person had it registered when he bought it. Which is what I was asking about doing an FA10 when I buy it from him. It would seem "retarded" if he just sold it to me and then God forbid i have to defend myself at home and use that gun. That serial number, in theory, would be linked to the original owner.
