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       Gun shop fined
   DIR By: allmanav
       Date: January 11, 2017, 7:43 am
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       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.
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