Unlawful Possession of Ammunition in Massachusetts?

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What Massachusetts law did he break for having small arms ammo in his trunk?
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Part 1, Title XX, Section 129c General Laws of Massachusetts

http://www.malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXX/Chapter140/Section129C

Section 129C. No person, other than a licensed dealer or one who has been issued a license to carry a pistol or revolver or an exempt person as hereinafter described, shall own or possess any firearm, rifle, shotgun or ammunition unless he has been issued a firearm identification card by the licensing authority pursuant to the provisions of section one hundred and twenty-nine B.
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Probably didn't have his FOID (or MA equivalent).

Simeon
 
snevel said:
Part 1, Title XX, Section 129c General Laws of Massachusetts

http://www.malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXX/Chapter140/Section129C



Probably didn't have his FOID (or MA equivalent).

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Let me see if I understand this. When we go visit my wife's family in MA, it isn't sufficient that I don't bring a gun in the car. I am still breaking the law if I happen to have a box of .22LR shells laying in the trunk? Even if I have nothing to put them in? This is what it means?

So I've got to inspect the trunk of the car like a paranoid mental patient just in case officer O'Mally might check the trunk?

What do they think I'm going to do? Stick them in my mouth and bite the primers hoping I can direct the projectiles? What a way to hold up a liquor store! How do you mumble "Give me all the money" with a mouth full of bullets?
 
When we go visit my wife's family in MA, it isn't sufficient that I don't bring a gun in the car. I am still breaking the law if I happen to have a box of .22LR shells laying in the trunk? Even if I have nothing to put them in? This is what it means?
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That is correct.

If you're not a resident of Massachusetts, you man not lawfully possess ammunition or firearms unless you have a non-resident Mass license.
 
Just for clarification tne law pertains to any type or form of ammo such as an EMPTY 22 lr case or a cartridge with a hole drilled it to be used as a key fob.
 
I drove to MA. from NY on a business trip in 2010 and I tried to buy loading supplies (bullets, powder, primers, brass, etc.) at a sporting goods store.

Apparently, it is not lawful to purchase these dangerous items unless you have a permit. The permits are issued only to MA residents. Non-residents cannot buy these under any situation.

I beleive this is the only state in the union to have such prohibition. ...probably, a result of former senator teddy k.....
 
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I know there are some strange laws in the country when it come to "firearms" and other assorted "weapons". This reference to an inert bullet or cartridge case being illegal strikes me as patently absurd.

But then, I guess even a slingshot is illegal there and in a few other places. So, there's no limit on how far they can carry the absurdity.
 
Not MA related, but some decades ago, the New York State legislature passed a bill to allow the possession of deactivated primitive colonial era firearms under some circumstances if the barrels had been permanently filled. The bill was vetoed by Governor Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller.
 
i thought mass. and ill. were in the united states. guess i,m getting old and remembering civics the wrong way. THANK GOD i live in a state that understands what the 2 amend really means.
plenty of room down here. y,all come on down
 
I just checked my trunk, 200 9mm, 50 .357, 525 .22 Hollow Points, and 25 12 gauge #4 shells. Pretty common for me. I actually do drive thru Chicago from time to time, I guess I need to clean out my trunk.
 
A few years ago a fellow from Maine was traveling to visit freinds beyond the NE area,he had numerous firearms,ammo and the like in his truck. he was pulled over for whatever and his vehicle searched. He was arrested and charges for the weapons and ammo and part of the charges was for the 50 BMG cartridge he had hanging around his neck. Don't know if the charges were dropped under FOPA laws. There was a truck driver that was on this forum that was arrested in Ma for having a firearm and no permit as well.
Like it or not these are the law of Ma violate them at your own peril.
 
It was my understanding that you could travel through any state with your firearm and ammo in the trunk as long as you destination was not in a state with prohibition type laws . ? Kevin
 
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That is correct.

If you're not a resident of Massachusetts, you man not lawfully possess ammunition or firearms unless you have a non-resident Mass license.
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Actually, no, there's a non-resident clause:

"The provisions of this section shall not apply to the following exempted persons and uses:

(h) Possession of rifles and shotguns and ammunition therefor by nonresidents traveling in or through the commonwealth, providing that any rifles or shotguns are unloaded and enclosed in a case;"

The guy in the case is a Mass resident, so required to have the permits.
 
Federal law is clear on guns, ammo etc and thankfully I live in Kentucky where state and local governments stay pretty much out of gun laws.
 
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