Code of Massachusetts Regulations
940 CMR - OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Title 940 CMR 16.00 - Handgun Sales
Section 16.06 - Safety Warning/Disclosures

(1) It shall be an unfair or deceptive practice for a handgun-purveyor to transfer or offer to transfer to any customer located within the Commonwealth any handgun unless that handgun is accompanied by the following warning, provided on a separate sheet of paper included within the packaging enclosing the gun, which, in at least 12 point type, states the following:

"WARNING FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS ATTORNEY GENERAL: This handgun is not equipped with a device that fully blocks use by unauthorized users. More than 200,000 firearms like this one are stolen from their owners every year in the United States. In addition, there are more than a thousand suicides each year by younger children and teenagers who get access to firearms. Hundreds more die from accidental discharge. It is likely that many more children sustain serious wounds, or inflict such wounds accidentally on others. In order to limit the chance of such misuse, it is imperative that you keep this weapon locked in a secure place and take other steps necessary to limit the possibility of theft or accident. Failure to take reasonable preventive steps may result in innocent lives being lost, and in some circumstances may result in your liability for these deaths."

Failure to include this warning in the packaging enclosing the gun shall not be a violation of 940 CMR 16.00 if the handgun in question complies with 940 CMR 16.05(1) by means of a built-in passive use-limitation device, including but not limited to a nondetachable solenoid use limitation device.

(2) It shall be an unfair or deceptive practice for a handgun-purveyor to transfer a handgun directly to a retail customer located within the Commonwealth without demonstrating how to load, unload, and safely store the handgun, and how to engage and disengage all safety devices on the handgun. This shall include an explanation of the circumstances for which the safety devices are designed to prevent the firing of the handgun. The handgun-purveyor shall also note for the retail customer the absence, if any, of the following: a load indicator, a magazine safety disconnect or an internal safety.

(3) It shall be an unfair or deceptive practice for a handgun purveyor to transfer to a customer located within the Commonwealth a handgun that has a barrel shorter than three inches, unless the handgun purveyor discloses the limits of the accuracy of the make and model of handgun for sale by providing in writing to the customer (prior to sale) the make and model's average group diameter test result at seven yards, average group diameter test result at 14 yards, and average group diameter test result at 21 yards.