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If I wanted to buy a 1911 frame / receiver, would a FFL transfer that since it is not technically a handgun?
What's the deal in MA with handgun receivers and that stupid list?
My guess is NO.
Even if they were you would have to report it as completed on an NFA (?) and would then need a license to own a firearm is MA.
Do some more research here on NES and you can find a lot of good info.
Yes they are not a gun per MGL's.
Mike, do you think that a Mass FFL would do the transfer?
Mike, do you think that a Mass FFL would do the transfer?
Wrong. Twice.
Thats, ok. I knew i would be corrected.
It just seems Crazy that you can buy a frame, and well every part of the gun but once built (or building) you must declare it. Especially because in Mass you have to be licensed to have a gun.
Thats, ok. I knew i would be corrected.
It just seems Crazy that you can buy a frame, and well every part of the gun but once built (or building) you must declare it. Especially because in Mass you have to be licensed to have a gun.
Wait, wait, wait...
What's this declare crap?
He is talking about registration. In MA we don't register guns we register transfers. When his frame becomes a gun he is obligated to fill out an FA-10 form within 7 days.
On that note, could someone (me) from a neighboring state drive to mass and buy a frame? I have my CT LTC.
But becoming a gun is not a transfer.
So if i were to build a 1911, I would register the gun when I got it transferred to me at purchase.
Then when I finish building it, i would have to fill out a FA-10 form to register it again? What a weird state you're in / I have to move to!
No, When you buy the frame from an FFL it is transferred as a firearm. When it becomes a gun (could be years later) you need to file an FA-10. How is that a transfer? Yesterday you didn't have a gun, today you do. MA considers that a transfer, think of it as a pile of parts transferred in to a gun... lol
That's a lot of paperwork for nothing really.
It really just keeps you out of prison.
And wastes tax payers money, that could go to other things
It just seems Crazy that you can buy a frame, and well every part of the gun but once built (or building) you must declare it. Especially because in Mass you have to be licensed to have a gun.
I am confused. Does the frame of the handgun have to be on the approved new handgun list in order for the FFL to transfer it?
I am confused. Does the frame of the handgun have to be on the approved new handgun list in order for the FFL to transfer it?
AGAIN, as was stated in Posts 1, 3, 4 and explained again in Post 15, A BARE FRAME IS NOT A GUN. Grasp the concept.
I realise bare frame is not a MA firearm.
That is not what i was trying to ask. I deleted what I was trying to ask.
Does the frame of the handgun have to be on the approved new handgun list in order for the FFL to transfer it?
Nevermind. maybe it's better left unasked.
Mach said:What I really want to know is :
Can I.....