Another hypothetical Situation

[edhead35]

Hypothetical: Guy 1 lived in NH 15+ years ago. Bought a brand new Colt revolver from a friend (guy 2) who was an FFL at the time in NH. Guy 1, gets divorced, loses house, moves to MA with parents, and brings said gun. Guy 1 never gets a MA LTC until recently, and would like to register his Colt revolver with MA. Is this possible?

If not, then guy 1 sells gun to guy 3 (who lives in NH currently). Guy 2, the FFL never left NH, but let his FFL lapse a long time ago.) In option 2, the gun never left NH as far as all parties are concerned.

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Another hypothetical: a different Guy in MA has a revolver that was legally owned at the time, from 25+ years ago. He lets his license lapse 20 years ago. He hides revolver. If he gets a license, can he register it? Is he better of just selling it to someone in NH, by bringing it to NH, and doing an FFL transfer?

I went through tons of posts, and couldn't find these specific situations. Sucks that we even have to deal with this level of stupidity. Thanks for the help.

 

[M1911]

If not, then guy 1 sells gun to guy 3 (who lives in NH currently). Guy 2, the FFL never left NH, but let his FFL lapse a long time ago.) In option 2, the gun never left NH as far as all parties are concerned.

Doesn't matter. Guy 1 is now a resident of MA and guy 2 (or 3) is a NH resident. You can't do a FTF sale across state lines -- it must go through an FFL in the buyer's state for a handgun. The fact that the buyer used to have an FFL is immaterial. The fact that the gun never left state is immaterial. What is material is the state of residence of the buyer and seller.

Another hypothetical: a different Guy in MA has a revolver that was legally owned at the time, from 25+ years ago. He lets his license lapse 20 years ago. He hides revolver. If he gets a license, can he register it?

He doesn't need to register it.

MA registers firearms transactions, not firearms. You only register a gun when you sell one, buy one, find one, or lose one. If he legally purchased it 25+ years ago and the transaction was registered at the time (if it was required back then), then he's good to go as soon as he gets an LTC.

 

[GSG]

Ditto what M1911 said. Handgun without license equals a felony charge though, so you might want to encourage the one with a hidden gun to get licensed.

 

[drgrant]

Guy one just needs to let sleeping dogs lie if he had an LTC. The end.

Same thing with second guy. If he gets a license (which he should ASAP) he needs to simply not say a frigging thing about the revolver. He owns it, it's his, it's done.

There is no compulsory registration in MA, as no transfer has occurred in either case, it is not required.

-Mike