501 CMR, § 7.07 - Form and Publication of the Approved Firearms Roster
The form of the Approved Firearms Roster shall contain the following information:
(1)
Title. Approved Firearms Roster.
(2) Effective month and year of the
publication.
(3) Notice that the
roster replaces all prior published rosters as follows: "This Roster Supersedes
All Previous Rosters."
(4) Notice
of criteria for placement on the roster as follows: "This roster has been
compiled in accordance with M.G.L. c. 140, § 1313/4 and 501 CMR 7.00.
It contains weapons determined by Massachusetts approved independent testing
laboratories to have satisfactorily completed the testing requirements of
M.G.L. c. 140, § 123, clauses Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twentieth and
Twenty-first. The reports resulting from said tests were reviewed by the Gun
Control Advisory Board and those makes and models listed herein were
subsequently approved by the Secretary of the Executive Office of Public Safety
and Security as having complied with the statutory handgun testing provisions
of M.G.L. c. 140, § 123."
(5)
Notice of publication method as follows: "Modifications to this roster are
likely to occur periodically, and licensees and law enforcement personnel
should always utilize the most recent roster for the purpose of determining
statutory compliance. The Approved Firearms Roster posted on the website of the
Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (
www.mass.gov/EOPSS) will contain the
most recently approved models".
(6)
Notice of the Regulations of the Office of the Attorney General as follows:
"Massachusetts licensed firearms dealers should note that the transfers of
handguns are also subject to the Attorney General's regulations at 940 CMR
16.00: Handgun Sales. Firearms on this Approved Firearms
Roster do not necessarily comply with the requirements of 940 CMR 16.00.
Information about 940 CMR 16.00, as well as the Enforcement Notice may be
obtained from the Office of the Attorney General and may be accessed on the
website of the Attorney General ( www.ago.state.ma.us)."
Notes
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