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Ah, Massachusetts:
Attorney General Tom Reilly has learned that gun dealers recently began selling Glock handguns to Massachusetts consumers, after the company represented that the handguns were in compliance with the Attorney General’s Handgun Sales Regulations.
AG Reilly’s Office has notified Glock, Inc. that the “extractor indicator” device which the company recently added to its handguns is not an effective load indicator and, therefore, does not comply with the handgun regulations. The AG’s Office reached this determination after consulting with firearms experts. In response, Glock has recalled all handguns shipped to dealers and distributors in the Commonwealth and ceased in-state sales.
Or you could just encourage people to treat all guns like they’re loaded.
As always, the handgun regulations do not pertain to firearms used by law enforcement or military personnel as part of their official duties.
But I thought it was for safety and we don’t want cops and military folks to have unsafe weapons. Like you and me, only better.
The Attorney General’s Handgun Sales Regulations fall under the state’s consumer protection law and protect consumers and their families from unsafe handguns. The regulations require all handguns sold in Massachusetts to include certain safety and child-proofing measures and safety warnings.
Err, no. It’s about gun control not gun safety. Why would you exclude police from such safety measures were it for, you know, safety? If it were about safety, you’d educate folks on firearms safety.
The Attorney General’s handgun regulations are intended to protect responsible gun owners and their families from firearms that are unsafe by design or manufacture. AG Reilly recognizes that there are many people in the Commonwealth who legitimately own firearms for hunting and sporting, and that those individuals use them in a responsible manner.
Glocks are not unsafe by design or manufacture and to intimate otherwise is a lie.
April 13th, 2006 at 12:29 am
It’s not all about “hunting and sporting.” It’s about “legitimately own(ing)” without the enfringement of the right to do so.
See Constitution, Amendment 2.
April 13th, 2006 at 1:23 am
The AG’s Office reached this determination after consulting with firearms experts.
Hmmm, now which experts were these?
April 13th, 2006 at 3:36 pm
I’d like to see gun manufacturers and dealers do what these states seem to want and stop *all* sales to them – especially all sales to government entities. If Ronnie can do it to CA, Gaston can do it MA!
April 14th, 2006 at 12:24 am
“Here is safety lecture: Iss gun! Iss not safe! End uff safety lecture!” 😉
April 14th, 2006 at 10:36 am
Hmmm, now which experts were these?
California Highway Patrolman Francis L. Poncherello and former US Army Sgt. Bosco “B.A.” Baracus.