Purchase Question

[Patriot]

Here is the situation:

Many moons ago I sold a pistol to a NH resident, through a FFL,
and now I would like to buy it back. I still have my original
purchase paperwork as well as the transfer forms (I'm a packrat).

Question:

Can I purchase this (through a FFL) and bring it back into the
PRM (legally). It was purchased at Dedham Sportsmen's Center
way back, around 1968-1970.

TBP

 

[drgrant]

If you have the original FA-10/reciept and it was before the "ban" I don't see
why not. Start calling some MA dealers and asking. Some may balk
without knowing the law, others will probably help you as long as you have
paperwork.

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but there doesnt appear to be a
stipulation in the exceptions that the gun cannot have ever left the state
and then come back- only that it was registered and posessed here before
the cutoff date.


-Mike

 

[Tweed]

it had to be registered IN THE STATE AND BE IN THE STATE ON THAT DATE. it could have been visiting another state as long as it was still owned and registered here.

otherwise it has to be on the EOPS list to get it back into the state. one of my gun owning friends says he NEVER sells anything. He did it once and regrets it so he has new rules.

 

[Patriot]

it had to be registered IN THE STATE AND BE IN THE STATE ON THAT DATE. it could have been visiting another state as long as it was still owned and registered here.

otherwise it has to be on the EOPS list to get it back into the state. one of my gun owning friends says he NEVER sells anything. He did it once and regrets it so he has new rules.

This is the Sept 13, 1994 date, correct? If so I am SOL!

TBP

 

[drgrant]

This is the Sept 13, 1994 date, correct? If so I am SOL!

TBP

No! That date is the fed AWB. The MA compliancy crap cutoff date
is 10/21/98. As long as you have papers for it before then, you should
be fine. Remember compliancy really isn't your problem- you just have
to convince the FFL that they have evidence to use if the AG's goon squad
harasses him.

-Mike

 

[Len-2A Training]

Yes, the way the law is written, the gun must be:

- IN STATE on 10/21/98, not just "before that date".
- Must be owned by someone legally licensed by MA to possess it (LTC/MA Dealers License).

IANAL, but my read of it (personal opinion) is that if the gun was temporarily out of state on that date, you couldn't sell it here thru a dealer. However, proving that the gun was in State x on a certain date (even though owned by a MA LTC holder) is rather difficult, so everyone ignores this.