Residents who are interested in obtaining or renewing their Firearms License should fill out the necessary documents below and return them to the Wenham Police Department. For questions regarding License to Carry permits please contact Officer Bart Connors @ bconnors@wenhamma.gov.
For more information on Firearms Licensing please contact the Department or visit https://www.mass.gov/firearms-services
Policy & Procedure – Firearms/FID Request
EOPSS guidance 2024 Firearms Act
New Applicant Instructions
Beginning April 2, 2026, Massachusetts will implement updated firearms safety training requirements for individuals seeking the certificate required to obtain a License to Carry (LTC). The updated training will include additional instruction and a live-fire component.
Please note the following:
- If your LTC was issued before August 1, 2024, no additional training is required.
- If you applied for and received your LTC after August 1, 2024, but completed your firearms safety course before April 2, 2026, you will be required to complete the updated training before your next renewal.
- If you apply for an LTC after April 2, 2026, the new firearms safety course will be required. However, Basic Firearms Safety Courses completed prior to April 2, 2026, will still be accepted.
Please note that the live-fire component is still being finalized by the state. Until that requirement is fully implemented, live-fire training does not need to be included in the course.
Important: Whether you are required to complete the updated training is based on the date you completed your firearms safety course, not the date you submit your application to the police department.
- A completed LTC/FID application (click HERE to download).
- A completed Notice To Firearms Licensing Applicants (click HERE to download).
- A COPY of your Basic Firearms Safety Certificate.
- Three Proofs of Residency showing name and address (ie: utility bills, tax bills, mortgage statement, etc.).
- A COPY of your Birth Certificate or Passport, a Certificate of Naturalization (if applicable), or Green Card (if applicable).
- Payment in the form of a money order, cashier’s check, personal check, cash, or credit card can be made at the time of the in-person appointment. See fee schedule below.
- If applying for an FID and under 18 must also have a permission letter from your parent or guardian.
Please mail or drop off your paperwork in an enclosed envelope to:
Wenham Police Department
Attention: Firearms Licensing
1 Friend Court
P.O. Box 536
Wenham, Ma. 01984
New applicants submitting applications and documents by mail or drop off will be called at a later date to schedule an appointment.
Submitted documents are retained by the Wenham Police Department and will not be returned to the applicant.
- License to Carry Firearms $100
- Firearms Identification Card $100
- Firearms Identification Card – applicants under 18 $25
Renewal Instructions
Please mail or drop off the required documents with an included money order or cashier’s check, enclosed in a sealed envelope, to:
Wenham Police Department
Attention: Firearms Licensing
1 Friend Court
P.O. Box 536
Wenham, Ma. 01984
Submitted documents are retained by the Wenham Police Department and will not be returned to the applicant.
- License to Carry Firearms $100
- Firearms Identification Card $100
- License to Carry Firearms (retired Law Enforcement) $25
- License to Carry Firearms (Law Enforcement of an outside agency) $25
Disqualifications for Firearms Licensing
The following are crimes that, if convicted, will disqualify you for a License to Carry (LTC) and/or Misdemeanor Conviction Dis-qualifier for Firearms Identification (FID) Card. Under Massachusetts law, misdemeanors punishable by imprisonment for more than two years include, but not limited to, the following offenses:
- Assault and Battery (c. 265, § 13A)
- A and B on Ambulance Personnel (c. 265, § 13I)
- A and B on Public Employee (c. 265, § 13D)
- A and B/Property Damage to Intimidate (c. 265, § 39)
- Assault (c. 265, § 13A)
- Permitting Injury to a Child (c. 265, § 13J)
- Resisting Arrest (c. 268, § 32B)
- Destruction Church/School Property (c. 266, § 127A)
- Destruction Jail Property (c. 266, § 130)
- False Statement to Insurer (c. 266, § 11B)
- Larceny from Elder/Disabled Person (c. 266, § 30(5))
- Receiving Stolen Property Under $250 (c. 266, § 60)
- Shoplifting Over $100 (c. 266, § 30A)
- Wanton Destruction Property Over $250 (c. 266, § 127)
- Homicide by Vessel While Operating Under the Influence (OUI) and Operating to Endanger (OTE) (c. 90B, § 8B(2))
- Motor Vehicle Homicide While OUI and OTE (c. 90, § 24G(b))
- Operating after Suspension for OUI/MVH, etc. (c. 90, § 23)
- OUI (c. 90, § 24(1)) – After May 1994
- OUI on a Vessel (c. 90B, § 8(a))
- OUI on a Vessel With Serious Bodily Injury (c. 90B, § 8A(1))
- OUI With Serious Bodily Injury (c. 90, § 24L(2))
- Applicant is committed to an institution for mental illness
- Applicant is being treated or confined for drug addiction or habitual drunkenness
- Applicant is under age 21
- Applicant is an alien of the United States
- Applicant is subject to any Chapter 209A protective order in Massachusetts or similar domestic violence stay-away order in another state
- Applicant is subject to an outstanding arrest warrant
- Applicant was convicted of a misdemeanor offense punishable by imprisonment for more than two years
- With respect to an FID permit only, a person who has been convicted of such offense may apply for an FID if five years has passed since such conviction and/or probation period, whichever occurred last.
- Applicant was convicted of a violent crime
- Applicant was convicted of a felony
- Applicant was convicted or adjudicated as a youthful offender anywhere for:Commission of a felony or misdemeanor with a sentence greater than two years
- Commission of a violent crime
- Violation of any firearms law punishable by imprisonment
- Violation of any narcotics law
LTC Name or Address Change
Report an address or name change for your firearms license | Mass.gov
Complete and mail to:
- The licensing authority that issued your firearms license
- The Chief of Police of the city or town that you moved to
- The Department of Criminal Justice Information Services
Report an address or name change for your firearms license | Mass.gov
1. Complete the information on the document, Print clearly
2. Make a legible photocopy of the front and back of your Firearms Identification card or your license to carry
3. Submit this form to the Firearms Records Bureau by email to: FRB@mass.gov
4. Please note: You will not receive a new license with the updated name until you renew.