While assailing President Bush for failing to push for the renewal of a 10-year ban on private use of assault weapons, John Kerry took possession of a browning semi-automatic shotgun outside his home state.
A gun crossing state lines is heavily regulated thanks to John Kerry and his ilk.
Check out "Gun Laws of America", the unabridged plain-English federal guide to gun ownership, and you will discover that Kerry broke not just ONE law, but several that he had a hand in crafting.
1. Taking ownership of the shotgun gift, if he doesn't already have a valid Massachusetts Firearm Identification Card, could subject him to a two-and-a-half-year prison term in his home state. Since he has claimed publicly he owns firearms, chances are he has this critical piece of paper, Korwin says.
2. Bringing the firearm back to Massachusetts, if he received it from a private party, would be a federal felony under the 1968 Gun Control Act (five years in prison, $5,000 fine, 18 USC §922).
3. The only exemption that would allow him to bring it into his home state requires that he obtained it in a face-to-face transaction with a federal firearms licensed dealer (FFL). A private gift would not qualify.
4. If Kerry did get it from an FFL, he would have had to personally fill out and sign a 4473 form, required by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE), before the gift was given, under penalty of federal felony.
5. If Kerry did not personally undergo a "NICS" instant background check before the transfer from an FFL, he would have put the person conducting the transfer in some legal jeopardy, though the law contains a loophole that probably would save Kerry from additional harm (the dealer, not the recipient, suffers from failure to do the NICS check).
Kerry would have you believe, with all of his photo ops, that he is a true gun aficionado, but his 1) ignorance of the law; or, 2) complete disregard of the law when it applies to him, should tell you his true character.
