First time poster, but I used to find helpful info on these forums back in the late 2000s and was hoping I could get some thoughts from the community.
Up until 2015, I was a NH resident and held a resident CCW permit. Also owned a handful of firearms (rifles, pistols, shotguns) all bought through an FFL. When I learned we would have to move (for a better commute) to MA possibly temporarily, I decided to leave my guns with a longtime friend who is also a NH resident and gunowner / CCW holder. The plan was to move back to NH in a few years at which time I would take the guns back from him. The friend lives in a quiet, safe town and has a gun safe so that was my best option outside of selling them. Didn't take the guns to MA with me as we would be renting a small apt, I wouldn't have time to shoot, and some were not MA compliant anyway.
It's been 4 years now, and sadly, it doesn't look like we will ever move back to NH. So I need to decide what I want to do with the guns. My presumption is that while I didn't do any paperwork (bill of sale, etc.) back then, giving him the guns in 2015 was still effectively a "face to face transfer" and legally makes the guns his, and I now need to transfer them (at least the MA compliant ones) back to me in MA through an FFL. Am I correct?
As for the non-MA compliant ones, I may decide to let my NH-resident friend keep them permanently as a gift, in which case I don't need to do anything else since they were already "transferred" to him in 2015?
Before I did anything, I figured I'd get some opinions from the NES community.
Many thanks!
Up until 2015, I was a NH resident and held a resident CCW permit. Also owned a handful of firearms (rifles, pistols, shotguns) all bought through an FFL. When I learned we would have to move (for a better commute) to MA possibly temporarily, I decided to leave my guns with a longtime friend who is also a NH resident and gunowner / CCW holder. The plan was to move back to NH in a few years at which time I would take the guns back from him. The friend lives in a quiet, safe town and has a gun safe so that was my best option outside of selling them. Didn't take the guns to MA with me as we would be renting a small apt, I wouldn't have time to shoot, and some were not MA compliant anyway.
It's been 4 years now, and sadly, it doesn't look like we will ever move back to NH. So I need to decide what I want to do with the guns. My presumption is that while I didn't do any paperwork (bill of sale, etc.) back then, giving him the guns in 2015 was still effectively a "face to face transfer" and legally makes the guns his, and I now need to transfer them (at least the MA compliant ones) back to me in MA through an FFL. Am I correct?
As for the non-MA compliant ones, I may decide to let my NH-resident friend keep them permanently as a gift, in which case I don't need to do anything else since they were already "transferred" to him in 2015?
Before I did anything, I figured I'd get some opinions from the NES community.
Many thanks!