Ruger LC9 back to Mass OK

Knob Creek

Knob Creek

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A dealer just told me his wholesaler received a notice from the Attorney General that the Ruger LC9 was now not Mass OK. He had sold me one two weeks ago is NOT Mass OK now because of an Accuracy Test. I only spoke to him for a minute in passing. Anyone hear anything about this. Something about he now has to provide a target with the gun.
 
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The AG's office is FOS. The CMR940 accuracy BS is only required if the gun has a barrel less than 3" long. The LC9 is ever so slightly longer than that. Or at least they don't read their own rules.... or it could be some distributor brarying about it, who knows...

(3) It shall be an unfair or deceptive practice for a handgun purveyor to transfer to a customer located within the Commonwealth a handgun that has a barrel shorter than three inches, unless the handgun purveyor discloses the limits of the accuracy of the make and model of handgun for sale by providing in writing to the customer (prior to sale) the make and model's average group diameter test result at seven yards, average group diameter test result at 14 yards, and average group diameter test result at 21 yards.
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Can't say I would be surprised though. Who cares if its OK or not, buy it if your dealer is selling it. Compliance is not your problem as a consumer.

-Mike
 
Maybe find a new dealer. Shop smart, shop S-Mart! You primitive screw heads. Love that movie, sorry for the randomness!
 
Knob Creek said:
I've know this dealer for 25 years. He has no reason to make this stuff up.
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Oh, oh! Sounds like a dealer that I know and if it is him, he's been known to "make up laws" on the fly. [thinking]

I wouldn't worry about it, not a consumer problem.

If it is a "real issue", then Ruger needs to push back that the bbl is >3" and tell the AG to FOAD.
 
Chuck Would said:
It's a 10k fine for every one he sold.
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I doubt it, this sounds more like a distributor getting weak in the knees or something. A lot of dealers in MA base their CMR940 decisions on whatever their distributors say to them.

ETA: I suppose it could be the AG planning a new "offensive" but this begs the question, how did they know that he sold an LC9? Is a certain POS at CHSB playing patty cake with the AG's office now?

-Mike
 
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drgrant said:
I doubt it, this sounds more like a distributor getting weak in the knees or something. A lot of dealers in MA base their CMR940 decisions on whatever their distributors say to them.

ETA: I suppose it could be the AG planning a new "offensive" but this begs the question, how did they know that he sold an LC9? Is a certain POS at CHSB playing patty cake with the AG's office now?

-Mike
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FRB runs a lot of reports on new guns sold, etc and shares them. So long as they don't give out identifying information on the buyer/seller as part of those reports, they work around any 4th amendment issue (real or presumed) for future prosecutions. So there is little doubt in my mind that if a new gun hit the market, there would be knowledge of this at various levels of EOPS and the AGs office within 30 days or less based on MIRCs info.
 
Chuck Would said:
Tom,

Did he ask for it back? If not I'd call BS. It's a 10k fine for every one he sold.
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No did not ask for it back. Just heard back from him. Looks like Ruger and the distributor resolved the issue.

And I misunderstood. The distributor received the notification from the AG. Not the dealer.
 
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