I was doing a web search looking for something completely unrelated, and I found a summary of Mass law that I found enlightening:
Does this make sense to anyone? If I have a rifle is it OK to have my handgun? Why? Did the legislature go out of it's way to be stupid?
Here is another one:
This is the first time I've heard that just having a shell is an offense.
walks away shaking my head...
93. I HAVE A LTC ISSUED FOR ALL LAWFUL PURPOSES. CAN I CARRY MY HANDGUN WITH ME FOR PERSONAL
PROTECTION WHEN I AM DEER HUNTING IN MASSACHUSETTS?
No. Chapter 131§70 prohibits possession of any handgun in any field or wood during the open deer season when deer are
hunted with a shotgun. There is no provision for an exemption such as the phrase “unless otherwise permitted by law” as there
is in §57 of chapter 131.
Does this make sense to anyone? If I have a rifle is it OK to have my handgun? Why? Did the legislature go out of it's way to be stupid?
Here is another one:
92. IF I AM WALKING IN THE WOODS IN THE SPRING WITHOUT A GUN OF ANY KIND, BUT I FORGOT TO TAKE SOME
OLD 00 BUCK SHOTGUN SHELLS OUT OF MY JACKET FROM THE PREVIOUS DEER SEASON, AM I VIOLATING THE
LAW?
Yes. You may not, except during the prescribed open deer season, have in your possession a shotgun shell loaded with rifled
slugs, single ball, buckshot or BB shot anywhere birds or mammals may be found except on a skeet, trap or target range
between sunrise and sunset. See c. 131§66.
This is the first time I've heard that just having a shell is an offense.
walks away shaking my head...