Posted on 01/10/2017 10:10:19 AM PST by PROCON
State Attorney General Maura Healey’s office and a Worcester gun dealer have settled a case that involved selling handguns that were not Massachusetts-compliant.
The Gun Parlor has agreed to end sales of handguns that do not meet state-mandated safety regulations, specifically load indicators and magazine safety disconnects, and pay $10,000 in fees and costs associated with an investigation into the store while $25,000 in fines will remain outstanding and will be waived if the shop remains in compliance for two years.
“In Massachusetts, we rely on gun dealers to help ensure responsible gun ownership and use by following the law,” Healey said in a statement Monday. “Today’s agreement requires this Worcester gun dealer to come into compliance with our firearm safety laws and regulations, and do its part to prevent access to unsafe and illegal weapons in our communities.”
The Gun Parlor was investigated by Healy’s office, who found numerous violations of state law including failing to verify the guns sold to law enforcement and military were being used for official duties and did not provide required safety warnings to customers who bought short-barreled handguns. However, the primary focus of Healey’s investigation was into the Glocks sold by the store.
As noted by the Worcester Telegram, over a one-year period beginning in July 2014, the Gun Parlor sold nine Glocks that did not meet the Commonwealth’s handgun safety regulations. Further, between 2013 and 2015 the store sold four guns not on the approved roster.
The Gun Parlor is notable for being the first shooting range in Worcester since 2008, though it met opposition from some community activists when the business opened.
While the store has not issued a comment, a crowdfunding campaign has been launched seeking to raise the $10,000 fee agreed to by the gun dealer.
Healey, who was given a green light last October by a county court to investigate Glock over customer complaints of accidental discharges, is currently involved in a federal lawsuit with the firearm industry’s leading trade association and four gun stores over her interpretation of what constitutes an “assault weapon” under state law.
The Shall Not Be Infringed part of the 2nd Amendment seems to elude these gun grabbers.
Even though this is a State's Rights issue, we need the Supreme Court to reissue an opinion regarding the clear meaning of the 2nd Amendment.
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Accidental discharge? It discharged because someone pulled the trigger. More like reckless handling.
What’s the latest on Healey’s unilateral gun edicts? Is this part of those?
Yep. Accidental discharges occur due to a mechanical failure of the weapon. Negligent discharges occur due to improper handling. There is a significant difference between the two.
Their goal is to take guns from honest, non-violent citizens and leave them in the hands of violent criminals.
We can blame the anti-gunners all we want, but in the end, things like this all boil down to us, and our willingness to CONSENT to un-Consitutional gun laws, and the fact that we are perfectly ok handing our $$$ over to people who, in the end, could care less what the government does.
In an ideal world for her, all guns would be confiscated in MA.
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Glock handguns don’t accidentally discharge.
That little flipper in the center of the trigger must be fully depressed or the firing pin cannot move.
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Quick background, this very unique to Massachusetts mess was started by Attorney General Scott Harshbarger in 1997, a year before he ran for governor. One must wonder if the handgun sales regulations were enacted in order for Harshbarger to have some “doing something” talking points for his unsuccessful governor’s bid. Harshbarger’s regulations are in essence backdoor gun control, designed to reduce the amount of legal handgun sales in MA. During his tenure as A.G. he was never able to convince the legislature to enact his wish of an outright ban on handguns so he took it upon himself to do what he could and enacted these regulations under the guise of “consumer safety”. It should be noted that Harshbarger lost his bid for the corner office to Republican Paul Cellucci, many MA voters went to the polls in 1998 unhappy with Harshbarger’s efforts to restrict Second Amendment freedom.
http://blog.goal.org/ma-gun-law-media-wrong-again/
Since Glocks are single action, I should think accidental discharges are quite rare.
“In Massachusetts, we rely on gun dealers to help ensure responsible gun ownership and use by following the law,” Healey said in a statement Monday.
!!!! you, Massachusetts.
Most recently a CA LEO sued Glock after he shot himself while cleaning one.
Even though the evidence showed it was clearly his fault, Glock settled out of court.
Certain guns might be on the list, but are still illegal to sell by a licensed dealer.
MA has another CMR (Code of Massachusetts Regulation) known as (940 CMR 16.00) – the Attorney General’s handgun sales regulations which are meant to be a “supplement” to the laws and regulations listed above. These regulations require that a handgun must meet three additional requirements in order to be legally transferred.
Child-safety features – 940 CMR 16.05(2), (4)
Load indicators and magazine safety disconnects for semi-automatic handguns – 940 CMR 16.05 (3), (4)
Tamper-resistant serial numbers 940 CMR 16.03
“Yep. Accidental discharges occur due to a mechanical failure of the weapon.”
When acted on by a human being. No pistol will “accidentally” fire on its own. It is an inanimate object and only operates or fails to operate properly, by interaction of a human being.
I must have slept through the process of amending the Constitution where we added “on the approved roster” to the verbiage of the 2nd Amendment. It must be there, right?
I would say it can’t be fired on its on because it cannot be loaded on its own.
Glocks are striker fired. Racking the slide loads a round and cocks the striker. Since it doesn’t have a decocker, the only way to uncock it is to remove the magazine, rack the slide to remove the loaded round in the chamber and then pull the trigger. You can’t remove the slide without pulling the trigger first, so some ND’s have happened when the operator forgot about the loaded round in the chamber.
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