Purchasing Luger from unlicensed individual - C&R

[PATRON]

There are rare Lugers,but Lugers are not rare.You can do better for a $1K.

 

[MaynardDad]

Again, FFL's are irrelevent for transfers between MA residents. What matters is that when one party no longer has a valid FID or, in this case involving a Luger, a valid LTC, the transaction no longer qualifies for the exemption language that allows private party "FTF" transfers in MGL 140/128 and 128A. In such a case, the gun then has to go through a party with a Massachusetts Gun Dealer's License. While it is true that almost all MA dealers have FFL01's, the problem is not that your C&R is any less of an FFL license--its that you don't also possess a MA dealers license.

To be pedantic: 128A says "sells or transfers a firearm, rifle or shotgun to a person licensed under said section one hundred and twenty-two, or to a federally licensed firearms dealer". And the largely redundant 129C (which does not apply to handguns) has an exception for "[f]ederally licensed firearms manufacturers or wholesale dealers".

But your conclusion—that a C&R is not enough—is still valid.

 

[45collector]

There are rare Lugers,but Lugers are not rare.You can do better for a $1K.

Agreed. Less than a year ago I paid $750 for an all-matching, non import marked, excellent shape 1915 DWM in MA. Keep searching and eventually you'll find one at the right price.

 

[JuergenG]

Now THAT was a deal!