Code of Massachusetts Regulations
501 CMR - EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Title 501 CMR 7.00 - APPROVED WEAPONS ROSTERS
Section 7.07 - Form and Publication of the Approved Firearms Roster
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
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 (
(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 (