Sounds like you guys are saying that it's ok to buy a gun out of state and bring it back to Mass. Are you saying if you have an out of state license, you can do this?
I must be misunderstanding you because you need an FFL to transfer right?
Yes, you are. If you buy a handgun out of state, it has to be transferred to you by a MA FFL - and they are limited by the stupid EOPS list and the A$$hole General's regulations as to what they can transfer to you.
Now, if you LIVE somewhere else, and for some unknown reason you move INTO MA, you can bring anything with you that your little heart desires, except for large capacity magazines made after 9/13/94 and anything that falls under the
ugly rifles ban Assault Weapons Ban.
IF you do move in with them, you don't have to register them on an FA-10 while you're waiting for your LTC to come through. If you leave them in the other state until you have your LTC and only bring them in later, you DO have to register them. No, it doesn't make any sense to me, either.
Oh, yeah... one other thing. If you know that you're going to move into MA and want to make some money, buy as many non-MA compliant pistols as you can - I recommned H&K, third-generation GLOCKs, or NAA Minis - and sell them off once you get into MA and get your LTC. These all go for a premium here in MA since they can't be transferred through a dealer... but a private
subject citizen can sell up to four guns a year on his/er LTC.