That's pretty close to what the rules are in Mass and CT. You can certainly transport a handgun, but unless you are a LTC permit holder you can't carry it on your person (which is the section you circled). Look at the one above it. This is why people have trigger locks. But I haven't heard that he carried it on his person in the car, just transported it. As for handing it over, I posted the federal rules on that via the ATF. Handguns are regulated by the feds, not just the states. Even then you can lend them to people under some circumstances.
If the government has texts or emails or other evidence that he knew the purpose, then he should be charged. Aside from that, he's still a , because any reasonable person would suspect something was not right.
