A friend, who grew up in Mass and now lives in CA, is coming to visit in a week or so. He has a shotgun at his parents' house that he'd like to bring back to CA. Our plan is to pick it up on our way down to the Cape for a few days and then for us to drive straight back to the airport and for him to check it in for the trip back to CA. He does not have a MA license. I have an LTC-A. My thinking is that I can be in "possession" of the gun from the time we pick it up until I drop him to the airport, at which point he just has to bring it to the counter and check it in. CA then doesn't require any license. This sounds like it woul be OK but there is the time when he is solely in poessession of the gun -- from my car to the check-in counter. BUT I think that ch. 140 Section 129C(h) covers him: it provides an exemption for people "traveling in or through the commonwealth."
http://www.malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXX/Chapter140/Section129c
Not sure if this would cover him the entire time that he'll be here (3 days) but between my license and this regulation, it would seem that he's covered.
Any thoughts? Thanks
http://www.malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXX/Chapter140/Section129c
Not sure if this would cover him the entire time that he'll be here (3 days) but between my license and this regulation, it would seem that he's covered.
Any thoughts? Thanks