Friend may be forced by circumstance to move to Mass. How does he deal with his firearms. He has a post-ban AK, and a few of handguns. The AK should be good as it is post ban. How does he determine if he can bring his pistols? Thanks.
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Yes, it is a post-ban as in no evil features. I think he is fine with pre-94 pistol mags as well. How does one know if an AK mag is pre-1994 or not? None of mine have dates. I know that friends dont let friends move to MA. Worse he is probably moving to Fall River which I cant imagine is firearm friendly.
Unfortunately his options are very limited. He is moving in with family. Is there any sort of restriction on me holding them for him until he moves to a friendly town or better yet leaves the state? A time limit for example?
If you're really a friend you'll talk him out of moving here
He can hold his guns up to 60 days without a license.... (they must
be locked up and not leave his home in that time interval) if it
takes longer than that, he could give them to you and you can
pretty much hold them indefinitely, as long as you have a valid
LTC. He could also let you hold them right off the bat, wouldn't
matter, long as you had safe storage space.
-Mike
I dont live in MA. Does that matter?
He can hold his guns up to 60 days without a license.... (they must
be locked up and not leave his home in that time interval) if it
takes longer than that, he could give them to you and you can
pretty much hold them indefinitely, as long as you have a valid
LTC. He could also let you hold them right off the bat, wouldn't
matter, long as you had safe storage space.
-Mike
So...if a friend of mine lived in NH, and he bought a gun that I really wanted. I could keep and use it in MA indefinately? And technically it would belong to him, I'd just have it for a long long long time?
What you're referring to is likely stepping on what I would call the
"grey line" between "borrowing" and a "straw purchase", which is a
federal felony. Not something I would do. at least not in the degree
you're probably thinking of. If cash changes hands or
someone is buying something on your behalf, you're in murky legal
territory at best, even if you decide to call it "borrowing".
-Mike
Yea. Understood.
But if said friend lent me a gun to use for 6 months and no cash exchanges hands, then it's borrowing and would probably be ok.
Just make sure you have him buy at least 8 Springfields (any model will due - maybe half XDs and half GI model 1911s) before he moves. Then once he has his LTC, he can sell 4 in MA before the end of the year, and another 4 in January. With the price people pay for those things is MA, he can get quite a premium. There's a used XD 40 on the board right now listed at 850 (which apparently was the purchase price). In Free America you can get one new for 450!
Just make sure the board gets first shot at them!
If you're really a friend you'll talk him out of moving here
Just make sure you have him buy at least 8 Springfields (any model will due - maybe half XDs and half GI model 1911s) before he moves. Then once he has his LTC, he can sell 4 in MA before the end of the year, and another 4 in January. With the price people pay for those things is MA, he can get quite a premium. There's a used XD 40 on the board right now listed at 850 (which apparently was the purchase price). In Free America you can get one new for 450!
Just make sure the board gets first shot at them!
Add to Springfields Kimbers, and Dan Wessons, and Colts. It will be easy arbitrage profit for him when he sells them.
+1,000,000
I cannot think of a worse state to move to. Even California is better, believe it or not.
I think CA is tied neck and neck with MA. In MA it is easier to
get an A/ALP than it is to get a CCW in CA. More towns are
green in MA compared to counties in CA, etc.
MA also doesn't have the terrible "roberti roos" AWB garbage,
either. 50% of the guns that I own would be illegal in CA.
You have a higher probability of being able to legally carry a
concealed weapon in MA than you would in CA.
The only real advantage in CA is that "mere posession" in ones
home or unloaded possession is free by default.... (as long
as the gun possessed isn't one they've banned!) that can be
worth a lot in many circumstances.
There are worse places to live than MA gun wise... Try NJ and
IL for starters. I'm sure though, that U-Haul deval and his
friends in MA legislature will be trying to "correct" their anti gun
deficiency, however.
-Mike
Former CA resident here:
In CA, no license is required to buy a gun, just an ID, but there is a 10 day waiting period.
Like MA, CA has an approved roster, but it is FAR more extensive.
However, the BIG difference is that gun posession in the home is a right than cannot be revoked unless the gun owner becomes unsuitable by Federal law. That means the local CLEO cannot snap his fingers and on a whim revoke your LTC and confiscate your firearms.
Yup.Here comes the part where everybody piles in with requests like your friend is Casey Kasem.