Local gun shops in the two towns near me in Massachusetts stock S&W as well as used, reconditioned handguns. The S&W stuff sits in its own cases gathering dust- nobody will touch it, exc. for cops. Everybody is looking for recond. Berettas, Glocks, Sigs, anything but new S&W, as the new law makes it almost impossible to bring in any handgun -new or used- into MA that wasn't already in MA by sometime in 1998, or, been found "compliant" by the state. The state still has no testing lab, and the law's been in effect for over two years. The State just tells the manufacturers, go ahead, ship it to MA- if it's not compliant, we'll let you know- by suing you, the shop and the buyer.... bastards....:^(
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Massachusetts is the crash-test dummy for gun-control laws.
---CARLA HOWELL, Senate candidate, Lbertarian, 2000.