Private Sales in MA in 2024

[rep308]

I have a number of "regular" firearms (No AW's, high cap stuff) that I want to sell as of Jan 1 when my 4 firearm per year limit resets, as part of my move. Is the process outlined anywhere? The portal is still up, but I'm confused as heck as what to do. I can't find anything on the GOAL site. Thanks and sorry for a basic question

 

[MAJoe]

I have a number of "regular" firearms (No AW's, high cap stuff) that I want to sell as of Jan 1 when my 4 firearm per year limit resets, as part of my move. Is the process outlined anywhere? The portal is still up, but I'm confused as heck as what to do. I can't find anything on the GOAL site. Thanks and sorry for a basic question

Two schools of thought:
1. Same as it was before
2. The new law doesn’t reference the old transaction system so handle it like any other state that doesn’t have state mandated record keeping and reporting

 

[milktree]

@MAJoe is exactly right.

There is no legal requirement to report transactions as of 10/2/2024, but the buyers might not be comfortable with that.

 

[kalash]

@MAJoe is exactly right.

There is no legal requirement to report transactions as of 10/2/2024, but the buyers might not be comfortable with that.

The buyers can kick rocks, since even under the old system they had no obligation to do anything - it was the seller's responsibility to fill out the eFA10.

 

[rep308]

Thank you all, I’ve got a couple to sell as part of my escape from MA plan. They will go up early Jan.

 

[Veesionary]

Interested to know what you’ll be selling. Could you jot down a quick list for us here?

 

[not new guy]

So it sounds like efa10 is now optional and the 4 personal sales transactions per year thing is out the window. As a seller, is there any real benefit to running a deal (or 10 deals) through the efa10 system? Getting the guns officially out of your name? If not, is it worth memorializing the sale in some other unofficial way? Should the portal be used to validate the buyer (but not record the sale)?

 

[not new guy]

Sorry - just re-read the new law and it does claim to limit us to 4 personal transfer per year. I thought I had heard people claiming that was dead though...

 

[Varmint]

So it sounds like efa10 is now optional and the 4 personal sales transactions per year thing is out the window. As a seller, is there any real benefit to running a deal (or 10 deals) through the efa10 system? Getting the guns officially out of your name? If not, is it worth memorializing the sale in some other unofficial way? Should the portal be used to validate the buyer (but not record the sale)?

Can you just print up and transaction document like when selling a car privately and have the buyer sign it?

 

[hatrick]

This does seem to be a confusing gray area on whether or not to record private sales through the Massachusetts Firearms Portal. I guess one benefit of continuing to record private sales through the portal would be to get any firearms you sell out of your name. But maybe none of that matters anymore. I wonder how the state can keep track of your 4 private sales limit if there is no record of transactions.

 

[WJ406]

This does seem to be a confusing gray area on whether or not to record private sales through the Massachusetts Firearms Portal. I guess one benefit of continuing to record private sales through the portal would be to get any firearms you sell out of your name. But maybe none of that matters anymore. I wonder how the state can keep track of your 4 private sales limit if there is no record of transactions.

Under the FA-10 system, your firearms are never removed from your name. When you sell a firearm, it will still show as “registered” to you.

 

[hatrick]

What a flawed system if it would still indicate a gun as being registered to you if you sold it and it was re-registered to someone else.

So is there any consensus these days on what to do for private sales?

 

[greencobra]

Interested to know what you’ll be selling. Could you jot down a quick list for us here?

and here comes the hounds...

 

[drgrant]

What a flawed system if it would still indicate a gun as being registered to you if you sold it and it was re-registered to someone else.

So is there any consensus these days on what to do for private sales?

Do whatever feels right for you and the buyer.

For privsales there is no adequate guidance although I'm pretty sure if you called CJIS they would probably tell you to still use mircs to process the sale even though it's clearly not required by law at this point.