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What MachineHead said. Just buy the rifle out of state. It still needs to be Mass compliant (pinned stock, no flash hider, no bayonet lug, etc).
Thanks guys. I figured pre 94 were still good to go but wanted to confirm.
This is an online purchase and not something I was picking up at a NH gun store or something of the like, just to clarify for earlier posts.
The only problem you may encounter is FFLs (both sending and receiving) refusing to deal with someone from MA thinking the AG will swoop down on them on her broom. So make sure both sender and receiver are OK with the transaction prior to buying.
I had a similar question and was going to make a new post but figured I'd add on to this instead.
If a NH resident wants to give me some AR lowers and a complete AR am I able to accept them and if so how would I go about it. I'm not sure if they pre Healey ban or if there is a receipt to prove they were bought pre Healey ban. If you don't want to post it publicly fee free to PM me.
All frames/lowers MUST be transferred by a MA FFL per Fed Law, and due to the AG BS MA FFLs are on notice by the AG not to do any such transfers. AG is reviewing all FA-10s generated by MA Dealers and they get phone calls from the AG's office if they spot something "questionable", so it is a no-go.
Fed Law mandates that no FTF transfers between 2 people who do not live in the same state. So if you find a NH FFL willing to do the transfer, do it, do NOT post/talk about it and when you come home to MA just eFA-10 it as "registration" with NO INFO on the source of the gun.
There is no FA-10 on a lower/receiver so nothing for the AG to review and get her panties in a bunch about
So if you find a NH FFL willing to do the transfer, do it, do NOT post/talk about it and when you come home to MA just eFA-10 it as "registration" with NO INFO on the source of the gun.
All frames/lowers MUST be transferred by a MA FFL per Fed Law, and due to the AG BS MA FFLs are on notice by the AG not to do any such transfers. AG is reviewing all FA-10s generated by MA Dealers and they get phone calls from the AG's office if they spot something "questionable", so it is a no-go.
If the weapon were manufactured post 7/20, I'm not sure how this isn't an admission of wrongdoing - operating on the assumption that the AGs assertion of AWB definitions is correct. IANAL, nor am I in law enforcement, so I am probably overthinking. Did I misunderstand something?Fed Law mandates that no FTF transfers between 2 people who do not live in the same state. So if you find a NH FFL willing to do the transfer, do it, do NOT post/talk about it and when you come home to MA just eFA-10 it as "registration" with NO INFO on the source of the gun.
How would that work with the AGs latest interpretation? Does that allow post ban receivers which were in someone's possession out of state to be transferred in provided they were owned pre-7/20?
I guess this means that the AG is not reviewing eFA-10s that are 'self-reported'?
If the weapon were manufactured post 7/20, I'm not sure how this isn't an admission of wrongdoing - operating on the assumption that the AGs assertion of AWB definitions is correct. IANAL, nor am I in law enforcement, so I am probably overthinking. Did I misunderstand something?
You are ignoring my first paragraph in what I stated. I'm talking about guns, not frames/receivers.
Fair, stated differently and to make it a clean example. Massified AR was purchased new in NH with serial and 4473/sales receipt that proves build and transfer pre-7/20 to someone in NH. Ordinary MA citizen drives to NH FFL to purchase and then completes the eFA-10 upon returning to MA within 7 days. Good to go?
I guess a frame/receiver would follow similar logic, but would require a MA FFL who won't touch it I'd assume unless it's a dedicated, from the factory, rimfire receiver (don't know if that's even a thing).
Fed law used to allow it, until the ATF added a third category "frame/receiver" to the 4473, thus making the stripped lowers no longer in the "long gun" category allowed for out of state purchases.All frames/lowers MUST be transferred by a MA FFL per Fed Law, and due to the AG BS MA FFLs are on notice by the AG not to do any such transfers. AG is reviewing all FA-10s generated by MA Dealers and they get phone calls from the AG's office if they spot something "questionable", so it is a no-go.
Fed Law mandates that no FTF transfers between 2 people who do not live in the same state. So if you find a NH FFL willing to do the transfer, do it, do NOT post/talk about it and when you come home to MA just eFA-10 it as "registration" with NO INFO on the source of the gun.
Pre 1994 yes, pre Healey BS no.