I have been told that there is a roster of approved handguns, but no such roster for rifles/shotguns. The roster is here:
https://www.mass.gov/files/documents/2018/05/29/Approved Firearms Roster 05-2018_0.pdf
"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 18th; 19th; 20th; and 21st."
Here is the text of that law:
General Law - Part I, Title XX, Chapter 140, Section 123
Each of the aforementioned 18-21 clauses begins with a phrase like this:
"Nineteenth, That no licensee shall sell, rent, lease, transfer or deliver or offer for sale, lease, transfer or delivery any firearm to any purchaser in the commonwealth unless such sale is to a business entity that is primarily a firearms wholesaler, and the sale, by its terms, prohibits such purchaser from reselling such firearm to a firearm retailer or consumer in the commonwealth if such firearm [INSERT CLAUSE]"
As noted above, the regulations appear to apply to "any firearm," not just handguns. So why is it that rifles are exempt from these regulations?
https://www.mass.gov/files/documents/2018/05/29/Approved Firearms Roster 05-2018_0.pdf
"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 18th; 19th; 20th; and 21st."
Here is the text of that law:
General Law - Part I, Title XX, Chapter 140, Section 123
Each of the aforementioned 18-21 clauses begins with a phrase like this:
"Nineteenth, That no licensee shall sell, rent, lease, transfer or deliver or offer for sale, lease, transfer or delivery any firearm to any purchaser in the commonwealth unless such sale is to a business entity that is primarily a firearms wholesaler, and the sale, by its terms, prohibits such purchaser from reselling such firearm to a firearm retailer or consumer in the commonwealth if such firearm [INSERT CLAUSE]"
As noted above, the regulations appear to apply to "any firearm," not just handguns. So why is it that rifles are exempt from these regulations?