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Hi, I am new to this forum and what little I have explored thus far has been very informative. I have a hypothetical question that almost hapined to a friend last year (late '08)
A private party (student) residing in MA for less than 60 days has 3 long guns to sell.
The guns are not on the "banned gun list. The seller has no ma lic/fid.
My friend has a MA FID.He almost purchased these 3 guns whthout getting a signed gun transfer form.He could get enough info off of a drivers lic to identify this person.
There is no paperwork from NY (home state for this person) On these guns.
My questions are as follows...
1 IF he had purchased these guns and wanted to register them in MA how could this be done.
2 Could he fill out a transfer form and just check register? (knowing he may get a knock on the door requestin the guns and a ride downtown to answer questions.
3 What if he was unable to contact the previous owner?
He (the buyer)is a sensable person (with poor impulse buying judgement) and realized that if these guns were stolen he would lose them but would have been more than happy to cooperate with LE to apprehend the person who was selling the guns. He did believe the seller was honest and just wanted to sell the guns before the time limit ran out and didnt want to deal with MA paper.
conclusion: Had my friend in this hypothetical situation purchased these guns could he register them in MA or should he donate them to local law enfoircement
Thank you
A private party (student) residing in MA for less than 60 days has 3 long guns to sell.
The guns are not on the "banned gun list. The seller has no ma lic/fid.
My friend has a MA FID.He almost purchased these 3 guns whthout getting a signed gun transfer form.He could get enough info off of a drivers lic to identify this person.
There is no paperwork from NY (home state for this person) On these guns.
My questions are as follows...
1 IF he had purchased these guns and wanted to register them in MA how could this be done.
2 Could he fill out a transfer form and just check register? (knowing he may get a knock on the door requestin the guns and a ride downtown to answer questions.
3 What if he was unable to contact the previous owner?
He (the buyer)is a sensable person (with poor impulse buying judgement) and realized that if these guns were stolen he would lose them but would have been more than happy to cooperate with LE to apprehend the person who was selling the guns. He did believe the seller was honest and just wanted to sell the guns before the time limit ran out and didnt want to deal with MA paper.
conclusion: Had my friend in this hypothetical situation purchased these guns could he register them in MA or should he donate them to local law enfoircement
Thank you
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