The licensing authority shall issue a FID unless the applicant is ineligible due to the firearm prohibitions described in the Firearm Prohibitions in Massachusetts section. Massachusetts also generally requires all first time applicants for FID Cards and Licenses to Carry to complete a certified firearms safety course or qualifying hunter education course and submit a certificate verifying that they completed the course with their application for an FID or LTC. State law requires applicants to pass a background check to verify that they are eligible to receive a FID or License to Carry, as described below. 5 A temporary license to carry firearms may also be issued by the colonel of state police to a nonresident of Massachusetts or to any person not falling within the jurisdiction of a local licensing authority “for purposes of firearms competition and subject to such terms and conditions as said colonel may deem proper.” 6 Licensing Standards:Īny person residing or having a place of business within the jurisdiction of a city or town police department (“licensing authority”), or any person residing in an area of exclusive federal jurisdiction located within a city or town, may submit to the local licensing authority an application for a FID or a license to carry. 4 For further information on licenses to carry, please see the Concealed Weapons Permitting section.

3Ī license to carry (“LTC”) allows the holder to purchase, rent, lease, borrow, possess and carry all types of lawful firearms, including both large and non-large capacity handguns, rifles, shotguns, and feeding devices and ammunition for these firearms.

2 (“Large capacity weapon” includes assault weapons and most firearms capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition or more than five shotgun shells (either directly, or via a large capacity feeding device). 1 Each entitles the holder to different privileges, described below.Īn FID card enables the holder to purchase or possess rifles and shotguns that are not considered “large capacity” weapons, and feeding devices for long guns that are not “large capacity” weapons.

Massachusetts generally requires any person who wishes to purchase or possess a firearm to obtain a Firearm Identification Card or a License to Carry, pursuant to a background check.

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