Is my gun legal in the state of Massachusetts?
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CUBAN REDNECK
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Be very careful with the police in MA regarding firearms. I lived there for 27 years and don't regret leaving due to the suffocating gun laws. NH might be a better and safer choice. 
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Missoula, Montana - Boston, Massachusetts
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A salary of $50,000 in Missoula, Montana should increase to $67,469 in Boston, Massachusetts
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I looked up the MA State Police and applications for out of state carry must take place in person. Shucks, I couldn't even bring the weapon to the state without that, and there is NO guarantee of approval whatsoever. Even shotguns and long guns can get you a visit to the local slammer. Man, that is even worse than CA, my legal state of residence. I wasn't aware of that fact. Quite sad to see the state that gave birth to most of our constitutional rights so far gone. That just flabbergasts me to no end. I thought CA was bad. Boy, was I wrong. NY is even worse!!
http://www.mass.gov/eopss/docs/chsb/firearms/non-resident-application.pdf
http://www.mass.gov/eopss/docs/chsb/firearms/non-resident-application.pdf
Not only do you have to do it in person, and not only do you have to pay $100 per year, but then you will only likely be given a permit for target/range use only, not for carry purposes.
I have heard that people who have had non-res permits for carry for years have been getting downgraded to non-carry upon renewal. That is just BS.
But at least with that permit you would be good to bring one into the state and have it at a private home.
I will not play into that game. If I ever do go back to visit friends/family it will be unarmed, against my will.
I have heard that people who have had non-res permits for carry for years have been getting downgraded to non-carry upon renewal. That is just BS.
But at least with that permit you would be good to bring one into the state and have it at a private home.
I will not play into that game. If I ever do go back to visit friends/family it will be unarmed, against my will.
Looks like that will have to be my choice the next time I go to my mom's house. However, If I drive cross country, there is NO WAY I would go without my side arms, especially since I am legal to CC in most of the states from here to there with ID, UT, NV CCW permits. Getting across NJ and NY state is not a big deal under FOPA. (Just don't STOP) But then going to MA, I am guilty of a felony just for crossing into that state and staying at my mom's house. Good grief!!
Alaska, not just any felony, one with mandatory sentancing! Don't go there! STAY AWAY FROM MASSACHUSETTS! I HATE THAT STATE!
And I blame the people who live there. They should vote these laws down. It is not anyones' fault but the people who live in the Peoples' Republic of Massachusetts!
And I blame the people who live there. They should vote these laws down. It is not anyones' fault but the people who live in the Peoples' Republic of Massachusetts!
Good advice, but it is where my family house is located. Makes for hard choices. Still trying to get my mom to come out to Idaho, but at 80, she does pretty much whatever she wants to do. She loves the Cape and that is the only place she wants to be especially in the summer time.
I must confess that my family is ultra-liberal and is one of the group that keeps propagating the anti-gun atmosphere in that state. They don't understand at all why I own the guns I do nor have any comprehension why anyone would actually carry a gun daily. Sadly, I have had little impact changing their mindset. Since getting my CCW permit in 2009, I don't really feel comfortable going without it anywhere. It is my hope to never need that type of security, but here in CA where I am denied that right outside of my house, it is ironic that it is the place I need it the most.
Looking at MA laws, I would not even be able to keep the gun in my Mom's house or on her property which I can at least do here in CA. I though CA laws were terrible. I had no idea that MA was another step above that. Incredibly, MA was one of the most involved states in giving us our freedoms in the first place. Paul Revere and his comrades must be turning over in their graves over the state of affairs in MA at present.
Aguila Blanca
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Fortunately, Massachusetts is bordered on the south by Connecticut and on the north by Vermont and New Hampshire. You can get a non-resident carry permit in CT that actually allows you to carry, and the permit is not needed to possess a handgun in a residence (but it is necessary to transport in a vehicle). Vermont, of course, doesn't require any permit to carry, and I read just yesterday that New Hampshire may be the fourth state to go that route.
So you could hunker down just across the border and reunite with family in somewhat more gun-friendly environs.
What I find inexplicable is that the Massachusetts state constitution is one of the very few that specifically ties the RKBA to the defense of the state. No individual RKBA in the birthplace of the American Revolution. Now, if MA will just get the memo about Heller and McDonald, maybe things will get better.
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If you take up residence in Mass, you can bring that Model 19-3 in with you as your property. As a resident, you then apply for a Mass LTC fireams...
This is where you may get all gummed up. If the town you move to is gun-friendly, you'll be OK. If you move to Boston or a town like Newton, you'll probably not get the licence...Then you're screwed...
Easiest thing to do if you must move to Mass is leave guns in MT and then IF you get the licence, bring it on in as your legal property.
If you take up residence in Mass, you can bring that Model 19-3 in with you as your property. As a resident, you then apply for a Mass LTC fireams...
This is where you may get all gummed up. If the town you move to is gun-friendly, you'll be OK. If you move to Boston or a town like Newton, you'll probably not get the licence...Then you're screwed...
Easiest thing to do if you must move to Mass is leave guns in MT and then IF you get the licence, bring it on in as your legal property.
Dirtylion27
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I have somewhat of a similar question regarding mass laws. I am a Colorado resident and own a browning shotgun which I plan to bring out over the summer. I think that I am allowed to do this because I am the legal owner of the gun but I was just wondering if I would run into any complications while transporting in my vehicle or any other times.
Sparks1957
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It's Kennedy family territory, and they'll never forget that JFK and RFK were both shot to death.
Reading Handgunlaw.US, I would never move there. I went to college in Boston for 5 years and had my fill of the place.
After you've lived in VT with its sensible gun laws, both MA and NY (and Canada too) seem like places to avoid.
Reading Handgunlaw.US, I would never move there. I went to college in Boston for 5 years and had my fill of the place.
After you've lived in VT with its sensible gun laws, both MA and NY (and Canada too) seem like places to avoid.
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