Firearms and OHVs (Law has changed)

[ChargingCharlie]

Just a heads up for those of you that don't get the GOAL emails (or those of you that skimmed over this).

GOAL sent a link to THIS new pamphlet from the MA Environmental Police. Under "Prohibited Operation", it now says "Operating with a loaded firearm, rifle, or shotgun."

I read that to mean that if you're driving any OHV, that you cannot have any loaded firearm (including a concealed pistol with an LTC). Is that correct? Seems stupid if that's the case.

 

[Colt Delta Elite]

Looks like golfers will have to wear helmets when riding in golf carts(OHV) now lol way to go Mass. lol Cart rental $20 helmet rental $15 lol

 

[M1911]

That's just so much overly intrusive BS that serves no purpose other than to harass the public.

 

[triggercage]

OHV ????? what about a boat??

 

[n1oty]

OHV ????? what about a boat??

Jesus, I already do all my hunting out of this godforsaken state. Do I have to take my boating elsewhere, too???

 

[MisterHappy]

Well, the EPO at the Hunter Ed Course I'm in specified that a rifle/shotgun had to be in a locked case while operating. (Though the course material says that a scabbard is the "right" answer for an ATV...EPO specifically said "No scabbards"

The question of a handgun under a LTC was not addressed.

YMMV

 

[Coyote33]

Yet another correction to make in our hunting laws. Let's see:

.38 caliber at night where mammals are found
.22 LR or shotgun at night only for coyote
no hunting on Sundays
travel across a paved road with a loaded firearm
whatever law it is about gun racks
no shotguns for bear
no rifles for deer

Sounds like we could ask GOAL to put together a law "A Law Correcting Errors in Hunting Laws".

 

[MisterHappy]

Sounds like we could ask GOAL to put together a law "A Law Correcting Errors in Hunting Laws".

If this is done, it will most likely be called the, "Man is in the Forrest Law" by the time it gets onto paper.....

Since there's plenty of food at the store, there's no reason to hunt for it, right? After all, it will be an utopia for animals when we leave them alone. And if the deer get too destructive of private property (out of playfulness, not hunger....) then we can give them birth control...which has been sugggested before.

This state is confused about hunting, as most don't hunt, and most that don't don't even want to think about where the steak at Stop & Shop comes from.

There will be no clarity about huntung as it serves the purpose of only the miniority that enjoy a freakinh blood sport, that makes the woods unsafe except on Sundays. In fact, I've heard more than once that the Sunday no-hunting laws are in place to let non-hunters have a weekend day in the woods. Actually, it's a hold-over from colonial times, when you were required to be in church....and not the Church of Saint Pillow, either!

 

[Talon3]

Yes that is correct. It is a civil violation to carry a loaded or unloaded firearm that is not locked in a case while on or about an Atv or snowmobile 2 common examples of an OHV or off road vehicle. The intent was to discourage hunting from such a vehicle. Always has been prohibited under 90b 26 used to be a $75.00 fine now increased to a $1000.00 fine.

From CMVI dated June 2006
c90B §26 90B/26/A SNOW/REC VEH—FIREARM, OP WHILE CARRY * c90B §26 $75

From CMVI dated Oct. 29, 2010

c90B §26 90B/26/A SNOW/REC VEH—FIREARM, OP WHILE CARRY * c90B §26(g) thru 10/28/10: $75 from 10/29/10: $1000


Here is a link to the complete CMVI Civil Motor Vehicle Violation Index
90B and CMR 323 3.03 thru 323 3.07 cover ATVs snowmobiles.

http://www.mass.gov/courts/courtsan...55revised-cmvi-assessment-schedule-102910.pdf