Quoted: With the closing of our house today, I believe I'm officially a non-resident of MA, although I'm not 100% sure of the legal definition of a non-resident.
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Where you vote and pay taxes, and where your primary domicile is, determine where you are from. Just moved to NH? Lucky you- you are now a resident of NH. If you haven't moved there yet, and still live in MA, then you are still a MA resident.
I've read the MA law and summaries from the goal web site "http://www.goal.org/misc/faq/nonresidents.pdf" and I was shocked to learn that an out of state license to carry was $100 and is only good for one year.
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Guess what? The Commonwealth of Ma$$ only wants the rich and powerful to have guns. Esp. if they are non-residents.
Does anyone know if this is a calendar year? I don't think I can justify paying $100 and waiting until September or October to get an LTC that expires at the end of the year.
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No idea, but if it's like a resident LTC-A, it's good from the time of issuance. Check with MA FRB or Office of Public Safety. Expect two answers on the same question, though. They never got back to me, though, as to whether my wife, who is a UK citizen with a green card here in MA, can get a license for pepper spray....they often have no idea about the very laws they are supposed to enforce.
Also, I have a MA Resident Hunting license that I purchased in January when I was a MA resident. Do you think I have to go buy a non-resident hunting license to go hunting this fall in MA?
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Yep. Again, once you are no longer living in MA, all your MA resident IDs and permits, just like drivers' licenses, are no longer valid.
I'm not sure. If I get stopped while hunting in MA this fall, I will be able to produce a valid MA Resident Hunting License and a un-expired MA LTC. As long as I'm not carrying my NH driver's license (can be left in the truck) I think I'm fine since I have valid credentials.
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You are asking for trouble. Your licenses as they are now, if you will have already moved to NH by then, will no longer be valid, so you run the risk of running afoul of the accursed Bartley-Fox law, which says all modern firearms can only be possessed by holders of valid gun licenses in MA, or else it's jail time/fine city AND loss of civil rights.
Once I stop hunting, I can unload my shotgun, lock it and become a NH resident traveling through the Commonwealth to my home state (it is nobody's business why I'm in camo).
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Oh, yeah, lying to cops. Goooood idea - NOT! There are NH gun owners who have been arrested in MA for just driving over the border with a gun in the car. Not a good idea, w/o a license, unless you can prove you are coming from CT/RI through MA to NH. Then the Fed. FOPA law comes into play BUT your guns must be unloaded, in locked cases, (preferably with trigger locks as well), all ammo and mags must also be put away stored in back of car, too, and not with guns. MA cops are good guys, usually, but a lot of them are sociology grads
and HATE guns- esp. civilian guns.
Ironically, I had to buy a NH non-resident hunting license since you must be a resident of NH for six months before being able to by a resident hunting license. I think this strenghtens my case since I would have a MA resident LTC and hunting license, along with a NH non-resident hunting license.
Thoughts?
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Once you have moved to NH, all your previous licenses you have mentioned, are now invalid. Otherwise, with Officer Krupke in either state, you'd have no case. License up!