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Firearms Services

The Firearms Records Bureau is the Commonwealth's repository for all firearms license and transaction data, issues non-resident firearms licenses and resident alien permits, and provides guidance to local licensing officers.

Here you'll find information regarding firearms licenses, firearms sales and transfers, appealing a firearms license denial, approved firearms rosters, and firearms laws for the Commonwealth.

What would you like to do?

Top tasks

Apply for or renew a firearms license  Record a private firearms sale or transfer  Firearms License Frequently Asked Questions 

All other tasks

Check the status of your firearms license application  Obtain your firearms license PIN  Report an address or name change for your firearms license  Appeal a firearms license denial 

What you need to know

Massachusetts Firearms Laws  Approved firearms rosters  Information for firearms dealers 
Request your personal firearms license or transaction history  View Firearm Safety Courses and Certified Instructors   Massachusetts Gun Transactions - 2006-2021  Firearms Licenses Active on July 1, 2022  Firearms Licenses Issued - 2006-2021  Firearms Applications Submitted_Issued_Denied - 2006-2021  McCarthy v. Baker et al.-Preliminary Injunction Order May 7, 2020 
Approved Firearm Safety/Locking Devices (06-15-2020) (PDF 45.56 KB)
Gun Control Advisory Board Recommendations (6/20/21) (PDF 52.99 KB)

Contact Information

Address

200 Arlington St., Suite 2200, Chelsea, MA 02150
Directions 

Phone

(617) 660-4782

Fax

Fax (617) 884-4601
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