The other problem with this issue, is to my knowledge (which is
limited) there hasn't been any prosecutions directly related to some
violation of the MA AWB. This makes it very hard to determine
what/IF the DA/prosecutor/etc would actually try to do.
My gut feeling is that the DA would not try to employ something that
obscure... and that they would try to nail you with something else,
instead, probably the thing someone is being tried on to begin
with. (An AWB charge is the type of thing that exists as a
tack on... it needs a ritz cracker underneath to ride upon, eg,
something like a safe storage violation, a self defense related incident,
etc.... )
I find the "AWB obscurities" avenue especially improbable if the state
has the burden of proof in terms of convicting you. If they don't, then
you're probably going to go to jail anyways, cause they could just make
up something else and not have to back it up with facts either.
-Mike