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Massachusetts has some of the strictest gun laws in the Union. With provisions in their law like requiring a Firearms Identification card or License to Carry in order to purchase and possess a gun, it’s baffling how there are any illegal firearms at all. Massachusetts also has restrictions on so called “assault rifles” and “high capacity magazines”. After obtaining either a Firearms Identification card (in the case of long guns) or a License to Carry (for handguns) a citizen can then go to their local gun dealer and buy a firearm after
another mandatory background check. For peer to peer transfers, all a citizen from the Bay State needs to do is log into the Massachusetts Gun Transaction Portal, where the buyer and seller’s information is recorded and verified. Massachusetts is the definition of “universal background checks”.