10,000 "assault weapons" sold in 2015 in MA

[StevieP]

We (I do, anyway) believe this has GOT to be a low number. If I had to guess, I'd say that Four Seasons sold more than a thousand rifles and stripped lowers just by themselves.

As of January, there were 385,000 LTC holders in the state. You're telling me that only one in thirty-eight point five gun owners bought an AR or AK last year? And that none of those people own more than one?

Has anyone come up with a valid way to count (or SWAG) how many actual weapons that meet the AG's definition there are in the Commonwealth?

 

[RYJ]

I bet loweres are not counted in that figure

 

[TheGreekFreak]

Ya the number makes sense if you don't include lowers. Many of us have ARs from either stripped lowers or assembled lowers that were transferred to an FFL so I wouldn't doubt if at least half of the ARs in the state came about that way. Easy and painless to do.

Also, not all gun owners are enthusiasts willing to drop $600-1500 on a rifle. Most of the older gun owners I know even think ARs are stupid and only handguns/shotguns make sense to own so the 380K+ LTC number means nothing to me.

 

[Goliathan]

Also, not all gun owners are enthusiasts willing to drop $600-1500 on a rifle. Most of the older gun owners I know even think ARs are stupid and only handguns/shotguns make sense to own so the 380K+ LTC number means nothing to me.

I wish we could get them to wake up. 380K people at the statehouse would get somebody's attention.