Non Mass compliant gun transfer ?

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I was at the Marlboro gun show on Saturday, and I came across a Glock model 23 3rd gen, which I fell in love with, being sold at a dealer table. While I was looking at it I noticed: 1) the mag was stamped with LE/MIL ONLY and 2) The gun was a 2004 post ban (the serial # confirmed this when I checked it later on line). When I asked the dealer "how can I purchase this gun, with this mag?". I was told "the gun was being sold as a private sale for a retired LEO and don't worry about the mag because that went out with Clinton". I know in Mass this is not true. My question is - can a LEO sell their non-compliant weapon to joe citizen? If they can, wouldn't that be a way of skirting around the regs?


Thanks in advance
 
There is nothing wrong with them selling you the gun (handgun compliance is a
dealer only issue, not your problem) but the mag is definitely a no
no, as it's basically a felony for a non LEO or non FFL to posess a magazine
that is obviously not preban.

-Mike
 
Hi Mike,
When I asked a dealer, I was told that the LEO when buying the gun, has to sign a form stating he will commit a felony if he sells it to anyone but another LEO. If what you say is true than wouldn't this be a way to get a new gun around the regs.
This stuff is to tough to figure out. lol
 
Hi Mike,
When I asked a dealer, I was told that the LEO when buying the gun, has to sign a form stating he will commit a felony if he sells it to anyone but another LEO. If what you say is true than wouldn't this be a way to get a new gun around the regs.
This stuff is to tough to figure out. lol

Well, that sounds like BS to me. There is NO law that prohibits an MA
LEO w/LTC from selling a handgun to any other person with the
appropriate LTC. The only real limitation on any non-dealer is that you
can't move more than 4 guns a year on private sales. This limit does
not include sales which involve an FFL/Dealer.

And yes, it is a way to dodge the regs, but there are a lot of ways to
dodge the handgun compliance regs legally. The reason for this is that
these regulations are ONLY binding against people with MA dealer
licenses, not against joe consumer.

I know that Glock, and other manufs, have LE disclaimers/contracts that
stipulate that the officer in question cannot sell the gun inside of a 1 year
period, but that is contract/civil law and has nothing to do with
"felonies". EG, if a LEO bought a glock under glock's individual officer
program, and sold it (to anyone) within whatever time frame specified in
the contract, they could sue the guy for breach of contract. That, however,
has nothing to do with what your talking about.

-Mike
 
Mike,
It makes sence to me.
I kind of thought the dealer was blowing smoke.
Thanks for the replies.
 
Actually, if the LEO buys the gun with the intention of selling it to someone else, that would constitute a straw purchase by some interpretations. At the very least the LEO might get accused of dealing firearms without a license.
 
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