Adam_MA said:You have never needed a license to purchase a black powder gun. However as long as I can remember, you need either an FID (firearms identification card) or LTC (license to carry) to purchase any ammo, or reloading components.
Adam
cbsbyte said:That is why no companies will ship powder, primers, cases or bullets to Mass.
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Some companies will if you fax them a copy of your LTC. It pains me that not everyone will though.
outofbattery said:cbsbyte said:That is why no companies will ship powder, primers, cases or bullets to Mass.
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Some companies will if you fax them a copy of your LTC. It pains me that not everyone will though.
Yes some companies will sell to Mass residents if they fax a copy of their license. My understand is that the AG has stated that a copy of the buyer's FID was not enough to sell ammo in state. He also wants the companies to have a Mass license to sell ammo, and the only way to get the license it to have a store in state. Until they setup shop here he will countine to sue them if they sell to Mass residents.
lucky_fool said:...
Of course, none of this applies to revolvers. Who wants to bet that there'll be a huge surge in the black market for wheelguns if this passes?
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''Microstamping is the most elegant solution to this problem," said Joshua Horwitz, the executive director of the nonprofit gun control advocacy group Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence.
bdutton said:Madness! Of course, we all realize that when they pass this law and the criminals continue to kill people they will blame neighboring NH, VT and ME for their 'lax' gun control laws flooding the market with illegal ammunition!
Tory said:"That is NOT putting a serial number on new cases (the CA plan) and, therefore, negates any issue of reloaded v. factory ammo.
A little work with an emery cloth would also negate the laser etching upon which this imbecilic plan relies. However, reality never deters pandering politicians desperate to appear "tough on crime........"
lucky_fool said:For all of you guys that are talking about reloading, that wouldn't really help in this instance (unless it makes you more diligent in policing your brass). What's been proposed isn't serializing ammunition, it's requiring gun makers to micro-engrave the firing pin and/or breechface to stamp the gun's model and S/N onto the primer and case.
Of course, none of this applies to revolvers. Who wants to bet that there'll be a huge surge in the black market for wheelguns if this passes?
A pretty good bit of technical info on microstamping can be found in this document (if you can get past the anti BS, that is).
http://www.csgv.org/docUploads/FINAL%20report%2Epdf
outofbattery said:I almost had to laugh when a Federal agent ( a _very_ attractive 20something Asian girl) was told that she couldn't buy a box of .40 at Four Seasons.At least the rules apply to them too.
That won't be a problem. I'm sure the law will be worded to make that sort of tampering illegal too.A little work with an emery cloth would also negate the laser etching upon which this imbecilic plan relies.
outofbattery said:I almost had to laugh when a Federal agent ( a _very_ attractive 20something Asian girl) was told that she couldn't buy a box of .40 at Four Seasons.At least the rules apply to them too.
Adam_MA said:In MA, even a State Police officer, IN UNIFORM cannot purchase ammo without having his permit in his hand.
This here is one F'd up state, that's for sure!