I am a MA resident, with a class A unrestricted LTC. I’m trying to buy an H&K P2000 9mm through a private sale from a friend who is a non FFL dealer (private party) in Texas. It is my understanding that although the weapon is not on the MA approved handgun roster, the sale can be made as long as the proper transfer paperwork is filed with MA, and that basically the approved handgun roster only applies to firearms that can be sold by licensed dealers in MA, and therefore would not prevent a private sale of a gun that is not on the roster. Could someone with a working knowledge of MA regulations chime in on this please?
Thanks very much in advance!!

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It’s an honest question.

There were 1,074,757 gun purchases through licensed FFL dealers last month. 9,076,205 for this year. Over a million a month.

And how do you gun banners propose getting all of them? And how do you explain that gun crime rate has been going down over the past couple decades? And why is it that the crime rate is higher in cities and state where regulation is strict compared to states with more lax laws?

And can you answer this one simple question:

Can you demonstrate one time or place, throughout all history, where the average person was made safer by restricting access to handheld weapons?

I don’t expect people to try and answer that question. Or answer it directly.
Only 17% of weapon that are taken from the drug cartels are traced back to the US.

The ATF has said the 90% of the guns that are given to them from Mexico to trace are from the US. But that is about 18% of the total guns recovered and most are handguns. The other 72% don’t have American markings or American serial numbers.
Therefore that 72% is never given to the ATF to trace because it is obvious they don’t come from America.
And before someone calls it out my mistake its 82% of the total seized guns that are known to not be American.

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Curious if anyone has ever purchased a firearm online, if so what website? What process do you have to go through? I’m a little confused on the whole get your FFL dealer to fax their license with your name on it to the website. Any help is appreciated.

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I bought a gun from a federally licensed firearms dealer back in Feb. I gave him the money and he wrote me up a receipt that he wrote "not received " on. Well, here it is July and now he won’t return my calls or anything. Is there a way I can report this?

I am in the hiring process at my local Sam’s Club, and everything has gone well so far. I aced all my interviews and I’m just waiting for my drug test and background checks to go through. I know background checks can be done instantaneously because an unnamed relative of mine is a licensed firearms dealer. My concern is not that because I have never done anything for which I would get in trouble. I am a little concerned about the drug test because I smoked some K2 a couple weekends ago. I have read that it does not show up on drug tests but I’m still paranoid. How long should it take to process? It has been 6 days including 2 of which on the weekend. If by some odd reason I fail it will they call me and tell me or will they just not talk to me anymore?

A person must be at least 18 years of age to purchase a rifle or shotgun. To purchase a handgun from a licensed firearms dealer, you must be at least 21 years of age, pursuant to federal law. For statutory regulations concerning underage persons possessing firearms, refer to Virginia Code §18.2-308.7, possession or transportation of certain firearms by persons under the age of eighteen.

§ 18.2-308.7. Possession or transportation of certain firearms by persons under the age of 18; penalty.

It shall be unlawful for any person under 18 years of age to knowingly and intentionally possess or transport a handgun or assault firearm anywhere in the Commonwealth. For the purposes of this section, "handgun" means any pistol or revolver or other firearm originally designed, made and intended to fire single or multiple projectiles by means of an explosion of a combustible material from one or more barrels when held in one hand and "assault firearm" means any (i) semi-automatic centerfire rifle or pistol which expels single or multiple projectiles by action of an explosion of a combustible material and is equipped at the time of the offense with a magazine which will hold more than 20 rounds of ammunition or designed by the manufacturer to accommodate a silencer or equipped with a folding stock or (ii) shotgun with a magazine which will hold more than seven rounds of the longest ammunition for which it is chambered. A violation of this section shall be a Class 1 misdemeanor.

I want to buy a gun that is semi-auto and it doesnt have a threaded barrel, therefore cannot be equipped with a silencer, and has a magazine that holds 10 bullets. base on that context its considered just a rifle correct? which means any 18 year old person can buy it right? but if I purchase a magazine that holds more than 20 it becomes an assault rifle right? so legally if I don’t buy a magazine that holds more than 20 bullets before I’m 21, I can legally buy and own the gun as long as it doesnt hold more than 20 bullets?

…OK OK, I am re-asking this question because of the barrage of uninformed and downright ignorant responses I received a minute ago.
First of all, yes, automatic weapons are civilian-legal under federal BATF laws. You have to pay a 0 one-time tax, get your local police chief to vouch for you, and get permission from the BATF, then purchase them through a Class III firearms dealer. And it has to be legal in your state. You DO NOT need any special license, and of course you can’t be a fugitive, felon, or escapee from a mental ward, but the same goes for purchasing any gun. I know several people who own such LEGAL full-auto weapons, (which is why I ask this question), and they’re a big hit at the range of course. It iritates me that hardly anyone knows their rights these days…
*Phew* OK so on with the dang question, let’s say I have met all these conditions, and I am in my own home, and somebody smashes a window, climbs in, and threatens to stab my wife with a knife…ok?