Well Len honestly you're probably one the most knowledgeable members on here in these areas and if I ever had a real technical question you're the first one I'd ask. But to make such a comment without any info or explanation is pretty uncharacteristic.
So if you ever decide to point out any of my posts inaccuracies please post up or answer my PM. I'd love to actually know all the real facts surrounding that whole shit show after all these years.
I don't always have time to go into a long drawn out procedural response especially when what you claimed was so far off course. [It's all been posted here many times in the past.]
EOPS List is pretty straightforward and almost identical to the CA version. Here are the steps:
- Mfr (and only them) decide to submit a gun for testing. Samples are sent to one of a handful of approved test labs for the tests.
- Mfr submits test report to GCAB. If GCAB agrees, they submit their recommendation to the Secretary of Public Safety for acceptance and inclusion in the next published list.
- If and when the Sec. of Public Safety agrees, it gets added to the next published list. Only after publication in the newspapers can mfr legally (stressing "legally") sell the gun in MA.
Next is the AG Regs:
- There is no testing or approval process. The mfr self-certifies that it meets the AG Regs and provides that info to their distribution channel.
- The 10# triggers are not law, but AG Regulation (there are other ways to meet his requirement, such as the palm safety on 1911s). The LCI is also NOT a "law" (EOPS) issue but an AG Regulation issue.
- The AG Regs exempt LE from their ridiculous requirements.
- If the AG objects at any time, they send a cease and desist letter to the mfr demanding that they retrieve all except LEO guns or else face $5K fines/gun. That is what happened in the Glock case.
In short:
- The gun must meet both sets of requirements to sell to the subjects of MA.
- If the mfr decides not to submit to the GCAB and self-certify that they meet the AG Regs, it can't be sold/transferred in MA by dealers.
- Glock gets all their guns EOPS approved so that they can saturate the LE marketplace. After getting beaten up on BS by the prior AG, Glock has decided not to do anything wrt AG Regs after that time.
- Other companies decided not to play the stupid "gotcha" game in MA with the AG and thus won't get their guns approved here.