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Whats a "Mass approved firearms list"?When does the State issue the new list. Looks like the current one is as of October.
Whats a "Mass approved firearms list"?
When does the State issue the new list. Looks like the current one is as of October.
It's probably like the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval...
Whats a "Mass approved firearms list"?
Worthwhile but probably DOA.Would a bill taking away the AG's ability to regulate firearms be worthwhile in MA legislature? For example, letting the EOPSS list be the only list and federal and MGLs being the only actual law to be followed. This is just a thought.
He probably means the EOPS "Approved Firearms Roster" which includes all of the pistols which have been 3rd party tested, and subsequently approved by the Gun Control Advisory Board. One of the reasons we can't get some of the niftier handguns which might otherwise meet the AG approval is that MFGs don't spend the exorbitant fees and forfeit firearms to have them tested. Of course, a handgun can be approved and then blocked by the AG regs...
Love this state.
Would a bill taking away the AG's ability to regulate firearms be worthwhile in MA legislature? For example, letting the EOPSS list be the only list and federal and MGLs being the only actual law to be followed. This is just a thought.
Worthwhile but probably DOA.
I remember talking to Jim Wallace about non-citizen LTCs (before the Fletcher/Haas case). He told me GOAL would expend no effort on that as there was zero positive sentiment for it in the legislature at it would be doomed.
I suspect that "softening up on guns" would go over about as well as lowering the first offense OUI MA penalty from 2.5 years to 2 to make it not a misdafelony.
I completely agree with Rob. But if the AG were to lose the power over guns (via Comm2A Fed lawsuit), the floodgates would open and we'd have about 5x more gun models to choose from in the marketplace.
It will only happen via a Fed Lawsuit, it will never pass the legislature to make this change. So, donate HEAVILY and REGULARLY to Comm2A and let them do their work!
I had a different discussion at the Shot Show, same answer.The AG non-list is the precise reason that they don't submit to MA and I've had that discussion with an executive of one gun mfr many years ago.
We lost the Draper case; would need something with a different complaint.It will only happen via a Fed Lawsuit, it will never pass the legislature to make this change. So, donate HEAVILY and REGULARLY to Comm2A and let them do their work!
I had a different discussion at the Shot Show, same answer.The AG non-list is the precise reason that they don't submit to MA and I've had that discussion with an executive of one gun mfr many years ago.
We lost the Draper case; would need something with a different complaint.It will only happen via a Fed Lawsuit, it will never pass the legislature to make this change. So, donate HEAVILY and REGULARLY to Comm2A and let them do their work!
The only way to get removal ot the AG's list into law is adding that removal as a small footnote to a bill titled "An act to further restrict ......". Legislatures love that "Restrict" word, plus nobody worries about being on the target of a Globe attack for "further restricting" guns.I completely agree with Rob. But if the AG were to lose the power over guns (via Comm2A Fed lawsuit), the floodgates would open and we'd have about 5x more gun models to choose from in the marketplace.