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, § 131¾ 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).”