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Beretta92FS said:
Received my mythical "green card" today, the Massachusetts machine gun license as an individual collector!! The process was easy, and only took a few month.

Anyway, the restrictions says: Collector.

What does that really mean? That I can only collect, but not test fire the gun? I'm assuming it just means I'm a collector, and obviously a machine gun is nothing that anyone would be carrying for self defense, but I surely would like to test fire the thing at the range at times!

Any input would be great.
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There are only two valid reasons for issuance, Collector and Instructor. The restriction is pretty much meaningless for most practical purposes as an MG owner. (although I wouldn't want to know the level of political hell you'd encounter in court if you carried/used one in self defense in MA, I'm normally not a big fan of ayoobisms and other pant shitting hysterics AT ALL but I would think that this would be a problem in MA. )

-Mike
 
drgrant said:
There are only two valid reasons for issuance, Collector and Instructor. The restriction is pretty much meaningless for most practical purposes as an MG owner. (although I wouldn't want to know the level of political hell you'd encounter in court if you carried/used one in self defense in MA, I'm normally not a big fan of ayoobisms and other pant shitting hysterics AT ALL but I would think that this would be a problem in MA. )

-Mike
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Given that the Ayoobism in this case is based on a documented incident that occurred in VA in 1984, I can't imagine how politicized it would be in MA in 2014. (http://www.davehayes.org/2006/02/10/the-gary-fadden-incident for those who haven't heard the story before)
 
Are there many ranges/clubs that allow MGs to be fired? I know my club doesn't allow them. A friend of a friend got booted from the club for shooting his MG a few years ago.
 
jar said:
Given that the Ayoobism in this case is based on a documented incident that occurred in VA in 1984, I can't imagine how politicized it would be in MA in 2014. (http://www.davehayes.org/2006/02/10/the-gary-fadden-incident for those who haven't heard the story before)
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Thanks for that story. In additions to the lessons learned as seen by Ayoob, I'd add one more: Prosecutors have entirely too much power.
 
Mansfield is MG friendly

Getting the green card is the easy part, the hard part is trying to find a decent Thompson under 18K. At the rate I'm going, My green card will be up for renewal by the time I find one.
 
Gman021 said:
You won't find a better club than Harvard.
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Yeah I've heard a lot of good things about Harvard. I wish I lived further west. Living in Gloucester on the ass end of 128, it's a hike to drive to Harvard, at least to go shooting there regularly.
 
7.62x39 said:
Mansfield is MG friendly

Getting the green card is the easy part, the hard part is trying to find a decent Thompson under 18K. At the rate I'm going, My green card will be up for renewal by the time I find one.
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The Thompson is nice, but big bucks. Maybe you want to start off with a Reising or MAC. Jack.
 
andrew1220 said:
Are there many ranges/clubs that allow MGs to be fired? I know my club doesn't allow them. A friend of a friend got booted from the club for shooting his MG a few years ago.
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Hanson, Harvard, and a few others come to mind. There are a lot of other clubs that don't explicitly prohibit it in the rules, although if it's not typically a "class 3 club" expect the cops to appear eventually the first time you do it.

If your friend got booted from a club, I hope they at least had an explicit prohibition listed in the rules. If not, then they're a bunch of douchebags and should have amended their rules. There are a TON of clubs that don't mention any prohibition in their rulesets.

-Mike
 
flotter390 said:
The only clubs that can allow full-auto are clubs with a class A club license - not a cllass B club license.

Fred
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Fred, most clubs in MA are not licensed by the state.... At all, to the best of my knowledge.

-Mike
 
I think it has to do with insurance.

Like the 2 in Bourne. MBSC is a class B and S.P&R is a Class A.

Also Sippsan in Rochester, and one in E. Falmouth.

Fred
 
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drgrant said:
Hanson, Harvard, and a few others come to mind. There are a lot of other clubs that don't explicitly prohibit it in the rules, although if it's not typically a "class 3 club" expect the cops to appear eventually the first time you do it.
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I can't remember which one now, but I know one of the clubs I've shot at required a courtesy call to the local PD before firing full auto for exactly this reason.
 
Beretta92FS said:
Received my mythical "green card" today, the Massachusetts machine gun license as an individual collector!! The process was easy, and only took a few month.

Anyway, the restrictions says: Collector.

What does that really mean? That I can only collect, but not test fire the gun? I'm assuming it just means I'm a collector, and obviously a machine gun is nothing that anyone would be carrying for self defense, but I surely would like to test fire the thing at the range at times!

Any input would be great.
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How did you prove your a "Bona fide collector"??
 
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