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Applicant must comply with all State
requirements for the License they are applying for.
Fill out the application completely and return it to the Wellfleet
Police Department with the following:
- A check made payable to the Town of Wellfleet for $100.00, if
applicant is over the age of 70 and renewing a Firearms Permit the
fee is waived.
- For renewals a copy of your current permit. For first time
applications a copy of certificate that you have passed an
approved handgun safety course for class A&B, or a hunter’s safety
course for class C Permits.
- All Photographs and finger prints will be done at the Police
Station.
- After dropping off a completed application, you will be called
for an appointment to have your photos and finger prints done.
Types of Firearms permits:
- Class A Permit: Applicant must be 21 years of age, license to
carry firearm: Shall entitle the holder thereof to purchase, rent,
lease, borrow, possess, and carry.
Firearms, including large capacity firearms, and feeding
devices and ammunition thereof, for all lawful purposes, subject
to restrictions relative to the possession, use or carrying of
firearms as the licensing authority deems proper. A large capacity
weapon id defined as: any firearm, rifle or shotgun: that is
semiautomatic with fixed large capacity feeding device, that is
semiautomatic and capable of accepting, or readily modifiable to
accept, any detachable large capacity feeding device, that employs
a rotating cylinder capable of accepting more than ten rounds of
ammunition in a rifle or firearm and more than five shotgun shells
in the case of a shotgun or firearm, or that is an assault weapon.
(MGL c. 140 s. 121)
- Class B Permit: Applicant must be 21 years of age, license to
carry firearm: Shall entitle the holder thereof to purchase, rent,
lease, borrow, possess and carry.
Non-large capacity firearms and feeding devices
and ammunition thereof, for all lawful purposes, subject to such
restrictions relative to the possession, use or carrying of such
firearm as the licensing authority deems proper. A class B license
shall not entitle the holder thereof to carry or possess a loaded
firearm in a concealed manner.
- Class C Permit: Firearms Identification Card: Shall entitle
the holder thereof to purchase, rent, lease, borrow, possess and
carry: All rifles and shotguns that do not come under the large
capacity definition. Said permit is subject to such restrictions
relative to use, as the licensing authority deems proper.
- Class D Permit: Firearms Identification Card: restricted
(mace/pepper spray): Shall entitle the holder thereof to purchase,
carry and possess mace and pepper spray subject to the
restrictions as the licensing authority deems proper.
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Gun Locks, while supplies last, are available
free of charge at our station.
Massachusetts Law Chapter 140 Section131L(a), requires
that a gun which is not in use be "secured in a locked container
or equipped with a tamper-resistant mechanical lock or other
safety device, properly engaged so as to render such weapon
inoperable by any person other than the owner or other lawfully
authorized user." |
Note: If you would like a gun lock please indicate
how many you need on your application.
For more information on the firearms licensing laws
check the following web site:
www.mass.gov/chsb
For such questions as:
Approved Firearms Roster
Large Capacity Firearms Roster
Gun Laws
Possession Information
Frequently Asked Questions
Forms and Applications
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