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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Gun Control Act of 1998

License Classifications

Types of licenses:

  • Firearms Identification Card (FID) restricted - mace/pepper spray
  • Firearms Identification Card (FID)
  • Class B License To Carry (LTC) firearms - non-large capacity
  • Class A License To Carry (LTC) firearms - large capacity
  • License to possess a machine gun (issued only to certified instructor or bona fide collectors)

Effective 10/21/98, the Massachusetts Legislature modified the laws regulating the licensing and possession of firearms and other weapons. These changes will affect all persons currently holding an active FID or LTC card. The following definitions apply:

FID card (restricted) - This license allows the licensee to possess mace or other incapacitating chemical sprays.
 
FID card- (non-restricted)- This allows the licensee to possess non-high capacity rifles or shotguns, as well as those items described in the restricted FID card. A high capacity shotgun or rifle is one that is designed to hold more than five (5) rounds of ammunition.
 
LTC Class B- This license allows the licensee all of the privileges mentioned above, as well as the ability to purchase, carry and possess a non-high capacity handgun. This license does NOT allow the licensee to carry a concealed firearm. A non-high capacity handgun is one that contains less than ten (10) rounds of ammunition in its feeding device.
 
LTC Class A- This license allows the licensee to purchase, carry and possess large capacity and non-large capacity firearms, rifles and shotguns. They may carry a concealed firearm. This includes handguns and rifles or shotguns. It also includes all the privileges from the licenses above.

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