Side topic:
Jason and I got into a "spirited discussion" about guns that a MA Resident purchases out of state and the need to report them to MA within 7 days of PURCHASE.
IANAL, but I contend that if a MA Resident obtains a gun outside of MA and keeps it outside of MA (let’s say a second home in another state), there is NO REQUIREMENT to report such acquisition to MA until/unless the gun is brought into MA for the first time.
Jason vehemently disagrees, citing C. 140 S. 128B.
Jason contends that since you are a MA Resident you must report everything you own, no matter what state it is kept in, all within 7 days of acquisition.
I contend that “. . . and receives such firearm, rifle, shotgun or machine gun, within the commonwealth shall within seven days after receiving such firearm, rifle, shotgun or machine gun, report, in writing, to the commissioner of the department of criminal justice information services. . . “ this means one must report it within 7 days of the gun crossing the MA border ONLY (and report that as the date of “acquisition”)! [Quote is part of S. 128B. This is one of those “I report, you decide” issues.]