My very good friend lives in MA has Multiple Sclerosis and can no longer shoot. I live in NJ. He called and wanted to sell me his Remmington 870 and Ruger 77 along with some other long arms to help pay his mounting medical bills. I drove up last week, stopped at the local police station to pick up a stack of transfer forms (hey NJ requires them so I figured MA had xfer forms too) and the officer said "don't you know, you can only privately transfer 4 firearms a year?" I read the Form 10, saw that statement AND then read residents can only transfer between residents, non residents need to go through a FFL.
He was my best friend in high school and is really in a tight financial spot. He is too proud to take a handout so I wanted to help him by paying "top dollar" for his small collection. He is house bound and cannot go to a gun shop so I am at a loss how I can comply with MA law and help out my friend financially. I have a C&R FFL but none of the long arms are in that category.
Can any of you provide me with some sound advice? Thanks.
He was my best friend in high school and is really in a tight financial spot. He is too proud to take a handout so I wanted to help him by paying "top dollar" for his small collection. He is house bound and cannot go to a gun shop so I am at a loss how I can comply with MA law and help out my friend financially. I have a C&R FFL but none of the long arms are in that category.
Can any of you provide me with some sound advice? Thanks.