Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 501 CMR - EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY › Title 501 CMR 7.00 - APPROVED WEAPONS ROSTERS › Section 7.02 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
As used in 501 CMR 7.00:
Approved Firearm
means a firearm make
			and model that passed the testing requirements of M.G.L. c. 140, § 123 and
			was subsequently approved by the Secretary. Included are those firearms listed
			on the current Approved Firearms Roster and those firearms approved by the
			Secretary of Public Safety that will be included on the next published Approved
			Firearms Roster.
Approved Firearms Roster
means a list
			of firearms approved by the Secretary which meet or exceed the testing criteria
			as outlined in M.G.L. c. 140, § 123 clauses Eighteenth, Nineteenth,
			Twentieth and Twenty-first, and which list is established, maintained and
			published by the Secretary pursuant to M.G.L. c. 140, §
			131¾.
Approved Independent Testing
			Laboratory
means a testing laboratory that the Secretary has
			determined is capable of accurately testing firearms in accordance with M.G.L.
			c. 140, § 123.
Capable of Accepting a Large Capacity Feeding
			Device
means any firearm, rifle or shotgun in which a large
			capacity feeding device, as defined by M.G.L. c. 140, § 121, is capable of
			being used without alteration of the weapon; provided, however, that said
			feeding device is fully or partially inserted into the weapon or attached
			thereto, or is under the direct control of a person who also has direct control
			of a weapon capable of accepting said feeding device.
Certified by Attributes
means the
			process used by an independent testing laboratory to determine if a particular
			model firearm is the functional design equivalent of another model already
			tested.
Firearm
has the same meaning as
			"firearm" as defined in M.G.L. c. 140, § 121.
Formal Target Shooting Competition
means those target competitions which are sponsored, coordinated or sanctioned
			by a national organization which regulates the type of firearm or modifications
			that may be used.
Formal Target Shooting Firearm
means
			those firearms that have been approved by the Secretary as solely designed and
			sold for formal target shooting competition, pursuant to M.G.L. c. 140, §
			123.
Formal Target Shooting Firearms Roster
means a list of firearms approved by the Secretary, which are solely designed
			and sold for formal target shooting competition as provided by M.G.L. c. 140,
			§ 123, and which list is established, maintained and published pursuant to
			M.G.L. c. 140, § 123.
Functional Design Equivalent
means a
			firearm whose dimensions and material, as well as linkage and functioning of
			the magazine well, cylinder, barrel, chamber or any components of the firing
			mechanism do not differ from a firearm which satisfactorily completed the
			Testing Requirements. A firearm may be deemed the Functional Design Equivalent
			of a firearm which differs only in caliber if the larger caliber firearm has
			satisfactorily completed the Testing Requirements.
GCAB
means the Gun Control Advisory
			Board as provided in M.G.L. c. 140, § 131½, whose members are
			appointed by the Governor to advise the Secretary on matters relating to the
			implementation of M.G.L. c. 140, §§ 121 through 131P.
Individual Firearm
means a specific
			firearm identifiable by make, model and serial number, and does not refer to an
			entire make or model line.
Large Capacity Feeding Device
has the
			same meaning as "large capacity feeding" device as defined in M.G.L. c. 140,
			§ 121.
Large Capacity Roster
means a list of
			large capacity firearms, rifles, and shotguns as defined by M.G.L. c. 140,
			§ 121, and which list is established, maintained and published by the
			Secretary pursuant to M.G.L. c. 140, § 131¾.
Large Capacity Weapon
has the same
			meaning as "large capacity weapon" as defined in M.G.L. c. 140, §
			121.
Length of Barrel or Barrel Length
have
			the same meaning as "length of barrel" or "barrel length" as defined in M.G.L.
			c. 140, § 121.
Licensee
means a firearms dealer
			licensed in Massachusetts under M.G.L. c. 140, § 122, and does not refer
			to a gunsmith also licensed under M.G.L. c. 140, § 122.
Licensed Gunsmith
means a person
			acting as gunsmith as defined in M.G.L. c. 140, § 121, and who is licensed
			to conduct gunsmith activity pursuant to M.G.L. c. 140, § 122.
Make of Firearm
means the company that
			manufactured said firearm.
Model of Firearm
means the alpha or
			numeric designation or name given by the manufacturer to a particular line of
			firearms. Within the model line, firearms may be assigned different alpha or
			numeric designations or names and still be considered to be the same model
			provided they are the functional design equivalent.
Readily Modifiable to Accept a Large Capacity
			Feeding Device
means any firearm, rifle or shotgun immediately
			capable of being altered so as to accept a large capacity feeding device as
			defined in M.G.L. c. 140, § 121; provided, however, that said feeding
			device is fully or partially inserted into the weapon or attached thereto, or
			is under the direct control of a person who also has direct control of a weapon
			capable of accepting said feeding device.
Secretary
means the Secretary of
			Public Safety and Security.
Testing Requirements
means the testing
			requirements as defined in M.G.L. c. 140, § 123 clauses Eighteenth,
			Nineteenth, Twentieth and Twenty-first. For clause Eighteen, such requirements
			shall include a certified statement from the manufacturer regarding the melting
			point, tensile strength, or density of the metal used in manufacturing the
			firearm, or the successful completion of the firing tests. Only firearms with a
			"length of barrel", as defined by M.G.L. c. 140, § 121, of less than three
			inches are required to complete the testing in M.G.L. c. 140, § 123,
			clause Twenty-first. For all other firearms, the term "testing requirements"
			shall refer only to clauses Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth.
Weapon
has the same meaning as
			"weapon" as defined in M.G.L. c. 140, § 121.