I see.
Or should I say EYE see.
malegislature.gov
(i) Whoever knowingly fails to deliver or surrender a revoked or suspended license to carry or possess firearms or machine guns issued under the provisions of section one hundred and thirty-one or one hundred and thirty-one F of chapter one hundred and forty, or firearm identification card, or receipt for the fee for such card, or a firearm, rifle, shotgun or machine gun, as provided in section one hundred and twenty-nine D of chapter one hundred and forty, unless an appeal is pending, shall be punished by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and one-half years or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars.
Section 10(i) is distinct from Section 10 I.
What kind of a frigging moron wrote this sewage?
Still, parsed...
(i)
Whoever knowingly
fails to deliver or surrender
a revoked or suspended license to carry or possess firearms or machine guns issued under the provisions of section one hundred and thirty-one or one hundred and thirty-one F of chapter one hundred and forty
, or firearm identification card, or receipt for the fee for such card,
or a firearm, rifle, shotgun or machine gun,
as provided in section one hundred and twenty-nine D of chapter one hundred and forty, unless an appeal is pending, shall be punished by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and one-half years or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars.
Section 129D.
Upon revocation, suspension or denial
of an application for
a firearm identification card pursuant to section 129B or for any firearms license if the firearm identification card is not then in force or for any machine gun license,
the person whose application was so revoked, suspended or denied
shall without delay deliver or
surrender to the licensing authority where the person resides
all firearms, rifles, shotguns and machine guns and ammunition
which the person then possesses unless an appeal of the revocation or suspension is pending.
The person or the person's legal representative
shall have the right, at any time up to 1 year after the delivery or surrender,
to transfer the firearms, rifles, shotguns and machine guns and ammunition
to any licensed dealer or
any other
person legally permitted to purchase or take possession of the firearms, rifles, shotguns and machine guns and ammunition and,
...
Without parsing 129B, then this only applies to FIDs, not LTCs.
If that's not correct after all, it all hangs on the meaning of the word "possesses". Where's Bill Clinton's lawyer?
The Legal Term * Possession * Defined & Explained
www.lectlaw.com
POSSESSION