I'm a little flustered. I was practicing with my carry gun tonight at my range, which is also a store, and while talking to an employee I mentioned that I owned an HK USP. He promptly stated something along the lines of "watch out, that's not mass compliant, you should be careful". We spent the next 20 minutes or so going over this topic. I tried politely to explain that its all about what the dealer can and can not do, and that there is nothing about simple possession that makes it illegal. The majority of the time my mentality was "I want this fellow gun enthusiast to know they have the right to possess damn near anything they want, because freedom" but as the conversation continued, and they become more dismissive and borderline hostile, it started to be more like "As an employee of this store/range, you are seen by others as an authority on this subject, you shouldn't be giving people legal advice that is flat out incorrect"
Its not as if I can point to a law that expressly allows it. And saying "show me the law that says I can't" isn't really going to help educate the person I am debating. I left pretty flustered as I was borderline asked to leave and "take your argument somewhere else".
Am I missing something? Is it really a grey area? Or is this just par for the course and no one outside of the NES world knows about the reality of MA legislature?
Its not as if I can point to a law that expressly allows it. And saying "show me the law that says I can't" isn't really going to help educate the person I am debating. I left pretty flustered as I was borderline asked to leave and "take your argument somewhere else".
Am I missing something? Is it really a grey area? Or is this just par for the course and no one outside of the NES world knows about the reality of MA legislature?