Where to Sell My Gun in Massachusetts
The steps for selling to your buyer options are below.
Option 1: Cash for Arms
Cash for Arms is an FFL that buys used guns from Boston to Taunton. We offer:
- Top-rated service
- A fast, three-step sale
- A best price guarantee
- Four secure payment options
- The ability to sell a gun from home
- The security of selling to a licensed dealer
- Some of the highest prices paid on used guns
To sell to us, use these steps:
- Submit details of your gun on this website.
- Take our offer and let us arrange free shipping.
- Get paid as soon as we confirm your gun.
If you have a lot of guns to sell, we also offer a Massachusetts gun liquidation service for faster processing.
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Sell Guns in Massachusetts Easily
Why spend so much time and effort on selling to others when you can sit back and sell to us? We pay great prices and do all of the heavy lifting, from legalities to shipping!
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Option 2: Local Gun Shops
Some Massachusetts gun stores purchase used guns. If you’re fine with driving to multiple shops and don’t mind the generally low offers, you can get:
- In-person transactions
- Up-front cash payments
- The security of selling to a licensed dealer
Sell to them with these steps:
- Contact local shops to ask who’s interested.
- Bring the gun (unloaded) to the interested shops.
- Collect multiple offers so you can negotiate.
- Sell the gun to the store with the best offer.
Option 3: Local Pawn Shops
Some pawn shops are also FFLs and can buy guns. But be warned: they usually make the lowest offers.
If you’re fine with that, they have the same benefits as gun shops. You can also follow the same process to sell firearms to them.
Option 4: Private Sale
A private buyer is someone who’s not an FFL or licensed gun dealer.
You can sell to private parties in Massachusetts but it typically takes a lot of time and work. In exchange, they often pay more than local gun shops or pawn shops.
To sell to them, do this:
- Make a gun listing with clear details and photos.
- Publish the listing on local ranges’ bulletin boards or online forums like NortheastShooters.com.
- Wait for serious offers.
- Screen for eligible buyers (explained in our laws section).
- Negotiate until you agree on the sale terms.
- Meet your buyer at a public place in daytime to complete the sale, e.g. the Norborough PD Safe Exchange Zone for Northborough locals.
- Report the sale of the firearm via the Massachusetts Gun Transaction Portal.
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Get THE BEST Offer for Your Gun!
We often pay the best market prices for used guns in Massachusetts. Try showing us your gun and see why we have a best price guarantee!
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Massachusetts Gun Laws
Massachusetts has limited preemption, which means local governments can impose gun laws stricter than the state ones. This means you may need to check if your county or city has gun laws in addition to state and federal legislation.
- Private gun sales - Legal in Massachusetts.
- ID requirements - FID (Firearm Identification Card) or LTC (License to Carry) for private buyers.
- Background checks - Unnecessary because of the FID/LTC requirement.
- Minimum age - 18 for long guns, 21 for handguns or large-capacity (10+ rounds) weapons.
- Waiting periods - None.
- Gun registration - For private sales, required via the Massachusetts Gun Transaction Portal.
- Transaction records - For private sales, only the Gun Transaction Portal registration or report.
- Eligibility to own guns - Required for buyers. Check the ATF list to see who’s prohibited (MA firearm law mostly echoes it).
- Transaction limits - Private sellers (non-FFLs) can sell up to four guns per calendar year under M.G.L. c. 140, §128A.
The notes for private sales only apply to gun sales between MA residents. If you’re selling to a private buyer who resides in another state, you need an FFL to process the sale.
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Enjoy the Fastest, Easiest Gun Sale in MA
You can sell from the comfort of home. We can arrange everything, from shipping to your preferred payment method – plus we pay great prices!
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Sell a Gun in Massachusetts Safely and Fast
Massachusetts gun sales can be easy enough if you follow this guide. But you can make matters even easier for yourself – for example, by selling to us.
At Cash for Arms, we do fast and easy transactions that also let gun sellers enjoy some of the highest profits possible. Our reviews on Google and BBB speak for themselves.
Submit a gun to us here or contact us at (904) 977-5477 for more information.