1. A CONVICTION (OR ADJUDICATED DELINQUENT OR AS A YOUTHFUL OFFENDER) FOR A FELONY, A MISDEMEANOR PUNISHABLE BY MORE THAN TWO YEARS IMPRISONMENT, A VIOLENT CRIME, WEAPONS OR DRUG OFFENSE.

EXCEPTION: EXCEPT FOR THE COMMISSION OF A VIOLENT CRIME OR A CRIME INVOLVING THE TRAFFICKING OF WEAPONS OR DRUGS, FIVE YEARS AFTER RELEASE FROM CONFINEMENT, PROBATION OR PAROLE THIS DISQUALIFIER IS REMOVED.

2. CONFINEMENT TO ANY HOSPITAL OR INSTITUTION FOR MENTAL ILLNESS, UNLESS YOU SUBMIT AN AFFIDAVIT OF A REGISTERED PHYSICIAN ATTESTING THAT SUCH PHYSICIAN IS FAMILIAR WITH YOUR MENTAL ILLNESS AND THAT IN SUCH PHYSICIAN'S OPINION YOU ARE NOT DISABLED BY SUCH ILLNESS IN A MANNER THAT SHOULD PREVENT YOU FROM POSSESSING A FIREARM, RIFLE OR SHOTGUN.

 3. ARE OR HAVE BEEN UNDER TREATMENT FOR OR CONFINEMENT FOR DRUG ADDICTION OR HABITUAL DRUNKENNESS.

 EXCEPTION: UPON THE PASSAGE OF 5 (FIVE) YEARS FROM THE DATE OF CONFINEMENT OR TREATMENT AND UPON PRESENTATION OF AN AFFIDAVIT ISSUED BY YOUR PHYSICIAN TO THE EFFECT THAT HE OR SHE KNOWS YOUR HISTORY OF TREATMENT AND IN HIS OR HER OPINION YOU ARE DEEMED CURED, THIS DISQUALIFIER IS REMOVED.

 4. LESS THAN 18 (EIGHTEEN) YEARS OF AGE.

 EXCEPTION: IF YOU ARE 15, 16 OR 17 YEARS OLD, AND SUBMIT A NOTARIZED LETTER FROM YOUR PARENT OR GUARDIAN GRANTING THE APPLICANTS PERMISSION TO APPLY FOR A CARD.

 5. ARE AN ALIEN.

 6. ARE CURRENTLY THE SUBJECT TO AN ORDER FOR SUSPENSION OR SURRENDER ISSUED PURSUANT TO SECTION 3B OR 3C OF CHAPTER 209A OR A SIMILAR ORDER ISSUED BY ANOTHER JURISDICTION, OR A PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY PROTECTION ORDER ISSUED PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 209A OR A SIMILAR ORDER ISSUED BY ANOTHER JURISDICTION.

 7. ARE CURRENTLY THE SUBJECT OF AN OUTSTANDING ARREST WARRANT IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL JURISDICTION.

 DISQUALIFIERS FOR ALL OTHER LICENSES (CLASS A LICENSE TO CARRY FIREARMS, CLASS B LICENSE TO CARRY FIREARMS, PERMIT TO PURCHASE AND LICENSE TO POSSESS A MACHINE GUN).

 WITH TWO EXCEPTIONS, THE DISQUALIFIERS ARE THE SAME AS THE DISQUALIFIERS FOR THE FIREARMS IDENTIFICATION CARD.

 1. THE EXCEPTION IN PARAGRAPH 1 ABOVE DOES NOT APPLY HERE. ANY FELONY CONVICTION, A MISDEMEANOR CONVICTION PUNISHABLE BY MORE THAN (2) TWO YEARS IN PRISON, A VIOLENT CRIME CONVICTION PUNISHABLE BY MORE THAN 1 YEAR IN JAIL OR A WEAPONS OR DRUG OFFENSE CONVICTION DISQUALIFIES YOU FOR LIFE FROM OBTAINING ONE OF THESE LICENSES.

 2. ARE UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE, YOU MUST BE 21 OR OLDER TO APPLY.

 "VIOLENT CRIME" - SHALL MEAN ANY CRIME PUNISHABLE BY IMPRISONMENT FOR A TERM EXCEEDING ONE YEAR, OR ANY ACT OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY INVOLVING THE USE OR POSSESSION OF ANY DEADLY WEAPON THAT WOULD BE PUNISHABLE BY IMPRISONMENT FOR SUCH TERM IS COMMITTED BY AN ADULT, THAT HAS AS AN ELEMENT THE USE, ATTEMPTED USE OR THREATENED USE OF PHYSICAL FORCE OR A DEADLY WEAPON AGAINST THE PERSON OF ANOTHER IN BURGLARY, EXTORTION, ARSON OR KIDNAPPING, INVOLVES THE USE OF EXPLOSIVES, OR OTHERWISE INVOLVES CONDUCT THAT PRESENTS A SERIOUS RISK OF PHYSICAL INJURY TO ANOTHER. A SIMPLE ASSAULT AND BATTERY IS CONSIDERED A VIOLENT

MASSACHUSETTS 1998 GUN CONTROL ACT

Misdemeanor Conviction Disqualifier for FID cards and LTC's

Under Massachusetts law, misdemeanors punishable by imprisonment for more than two years1

include the following offenses2:

Crimes Against the Person:

Assault (c. 265, § 13A)

Assault & Battery (c. 265, § 13A)

A&B on Public Employee (c. 265, § 13D)

A&B on Ambulance Personnel (c. 265, § 13I)

Permitting Injury to a Child (c. 265, § 13J)

Gross Negligence by Common Carrier (c. 265, § 30)

A&B/Property Damage to Intimidate (c. 265, § 39)

Causing Injury in a Physical Exercise Program (c. 265, § 40)

Resisting Arrest (c. 268, § 32B)

Crimes Against Property

False Statement to Insurer (c. 266, § 11B)

Failure to Report Hotel Fire (c. 266, 13A)

Larceny from Common Carrier/Business (c. 266, § 30(1))

Larceny Under $250 from Elder/Disabled Person (c. 266, § 30(5))

Shoplifting Over $100 (c. 266, § 30A)

Falsely Obtaining Commercial Computer Service(c. 266, § 33A)

Receipt of Deposit by Insolvent Bank (c. 266, § 54)

Receiving Stolen Property Under $250 (c. 266, § 60)

Obstruction of Medical Facility - Subseq. Offense (c. 266, § 120E)

Wanton Destruction Property Over $250 (c. 266, § 127)

Destruction Church/School Property (c. 266, § 127A)

Destruction Jail Property (c. 266, § 130)

Motor Vehicle Offenses:

Operating after Suspension for OUI/MVH, etc. (c. 90, § 23)

Operating Under the Influence (c. 90, § 24(1)) - AFTER MAY 1994

Motor Vehicle Homicide While OUI and OTE (c. 90, § 24G(b))

OUI with Serious Bodily Injury (c. 90, § 24L(2))

OUI on a Vessel (c. 90B, § 8(a))

OUI on a Vessel With Serious Bodily Injury (c. 90B, § 8A(1))

Homicide by Vessel While OUI and OTE (c. 90B, § 8B(2))

1 Excluding weapons related and controlled substance offenses, which are disqualifiers on a separate basis.

2 Please note that this list may not be exhaustive. When in doubt, reference should be made to the current version of the relevant statute.

• Effective June 1 1998, all new firearm license applicants must complete a certified firearms safety or hunter education course.
• Effective October 21, 1998, all firearms must be stored in a locked container or be equipped with an approved locking device.
• Effective October 21, 1998, the law imposes a ban on covert guns, unreliable guns (junk guns), and certain assault weapons.
• Effective October 21, 1998, the law establishes a new category of large capacity weapons and feeding devices. A weapon is large capacity if it is: a semiautomatic handgun or rifle that is capable of accepting a feeding device that hold more than 10 rounds, or more than 5 shotgun shells (in case of a shotgun)

FID Cards

Entitles the holder to:

Possess non-large capacity rifles and shotguns

Possess large capacity and non-large capacity firearms, or large capacity rifles and shotguns and feeding devices therefore only at a gun club with a Class A LTC, or at a range or club under supervision of someone with a Class A LTC; or

Possess Mace

Does not entitle holder to:

Possess firearms, or large capacity rifles and shotguns

To view and print out the FID application you must install Adobe Acrobat Reader which can be downloaded here.

The above procedures and information are contained in the application forms below,

ALL FORMS MUST BE PRINTED OUT TWO SIDED FOR SUBMITTAL TO THE FIREARMS LICENSING OFFICER

Download Complete Procedures form Here
Download FID Application
 

CLASS A

Entitles the holder to:

Purchase, rent, lease, borrow, carry and possess firearms, including large capacity firearms, large capacity ammunition feeding devices and ammunition, subject to restrictions licensing authority may impose.

Purchase, rent, lease, borrow, carry and possess rifles and shotguns, including large capacity rifles and shotguns and feeding devices, subject to restrictions licensing authority may impose.

Violation of a restriction is punishable by fine, not a violation of 269, § 10.

 CLASS B

Entitles the holder to:

Purchase, rent, lease, borrow, carry and possess non-large capacity firearms, feeding devices and ammunition, subject to the restrictions licensing authority may impose. Purchase, rent, lease, borrow, carry and possess rifles and shotguns, including large capacity rifles, shotguns and feeding devices, subject to the restrictions licensing authority may impose.

Possess large capacity firearms only at a gun club with a Class A card, or at a range or club under supervision of someone with a Class A card; or Possess Mace

Violation of a license restriction is punishable by fine, not a violation of 269, § 10.

DOES NOT entitle the holder to:

Purchase any large capacity weapon or ammunition feeding device

Carry or possess a loaded firearm in a concealed manner on a public way

A large capacity weapon is: any firearm, rifle or shotgun (I) that is semiautomatic

with a fixed large capacity feeding device (capable of accepting or can be readily converted to accept more than 10 (ten) rounds of ammunition or more than 5 (five) shotgun shells);

(II) that is semiautomatic and capable of accepting or readily modifiable to accept, any detachable large capacity feeding device; (III) that employs a rotating cylinder capable of accepting more than 10 (ten) rounds of ammunition in a rifle or firearm and more than 5 (five) shotgun shells in a shotgun; or (IV) that is an assault weapon. 

Download Complete Procedures form Here
Download LTC Application