CrackPot
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Which can lead to an interesting conundrum for a MA Dealer. FFLs as a condition of their federal license must follow all relevant state and local laws and regulations. So if sale of long guns not on an actual published roster is against state law, then while there might be a defense in state court, there would not be such a defense at the federal level.More precisely the defense is "entrapment by estoppel". If the state (or feds) incude you to do something by telling you it is legal, and them prosecutes you for it, it is entrapment.
The doctrine does not work across jurisdictional lines. A state actor telling you something federally legal, or vice-versa, does not meet the criteria for this defense. By extension, a local government official (cop, mayor, etc.) tellins you somethig is legal at the state level may (emphasis may) not qualify under the same doctrine.