501 CMR 19.00 does not apply to:

1. (1) Firearms being delivered to law enforcement for the sole purpose of their destruction.
2. (2) Firearms possessed by common carriers and their duly authorized employees and agents while performing the regular and ordinary transport of firearms as merchandise for customers licensed to permit such transport.
3. (3) Firearms possessed by individuals lawfully traveling through the commonwealth in the care and custody of a nonresident owner provided that the firearms are stored in accordance with M.G.L. c. 140, §§ 131C and 131L, and 18 U.S.C. 926A (federal Firearms Owner Protection Act).
4. (4) Firearms that are property of the government of the United States.
5. (5) Firearms produced by federally licensed manufacturers not for sale in the Commonwealth.
6. (4) Firearms that are property of the government of the United States.
7. (5) Firearms produced by federally licensed manufacturers not for sale in the Commonwealth.
8. (6) The reporting of firearms on loan to a duly licensed or exempted person for a period of less than seven days.
9. (7) Non-large capacity, non-semiautomatic rifles or shotguns possessed by nonresidents under the authority of M.G.L. c. 140, § 129C;
10. (8) Firearms possessed by a nonresident under the authority of a license issued pursuant to M.G.L. c. 140, § 131F;
11. (9) Firearms possessed by any person while receiving training pursuant to M.G.L. c. 140, § 131P;
12. (10) Firearms transferred to and received from a licensed gunsmith for the purpose of repairing, altering, cleaning, polishing, engraving, blueing or performing any mechanical operation on any firearm, provided that the firearm is otherwise legal to possess in the Commonwealth;
13. (11) Firearms possessed by a resident of the Commonwealth returning after having been absent from the commonwealth for not less than 180 consecutive days only with respect to any firearm then in their possession prior to returning;
14. (12) Firearms possessed by any person under the provisions of M.G. L. c. 140, § 129C(e), (f) and (g), provided that the firearms were previously registered pursuant to 501 CMR 19.00; and
15. (13) Any firearm transaction previously recorded in MIRCS or any legacy systems utilized by DCJIS.