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Please read all the detals and then I'd love to hear feedback on this scenario...
1. MA resident is buyer
2. MA resident is property owner in Maine
3. Want to buy pistol through private sale in ME
4. Pistol will never leave ME and will stay on property in ME
Is this legal for me to do? Not is this legal for the seller but is it for the BUYER. I believe a ME-resident is supposed to only sell to a ME-resident but if they don't care... what is my risk? I have 0.00 desire to break the law so the easy thing is just buy in MA...but that's anything but 'easy'. MA is a nightmare to buy in and I have no desire to be big-brothered by MA. At the same time, I have no desire to have an ATF agent say I've done something wrong.
So, if a private seller either doesn't ask me if I'm a ME-resident or doesn't care, then is there ANYTHING illegal about me buying and keeping in ME? I would drive it from ME-seller to my place in ME and it stays there, never to enter MA. On the way would I be breaking the law given it's in my vehicle (unloaded, no ammo in car)?
Thanks for your feedback!
1. MA resident is buyer
2. MA resident is property owner in Maine
3. Want to buy pistol through private sale in ME
4. Pistol will never leave ME and will stay on property in ME
Is this legal for me to do? Not is this legal for the seller but is it for the BUYER. I believe a ME-resident is supposed to only sell to a ME-resident but if they don't care... what is my risk? I have 0.00 desire to break the law so the easy thing is just buy in MA...but that's anything but 'easy'. MA is a nightmare to buy in and I have no desire to be big-brothered by MA. At the same time, I have no desire to have an ATF agent say I've done something wrong.
So, if a private seller either doesn't ask me if I'm a ME-resident or doesn't care, then is there ANYTHING illegal about me buying and keeping in ME? I would drive it from ME-seller to my place in ME and it stays there, never to enter MA. On the way would I be breaking the law given it's in my vehicle (unloaded, no ammo in car)?
Thanks for your feedback!