501 CMR 7.07:
Roster Form and Publication

501 CMR 7.07 governs the form and publication of the Approved Firearms Roster maintained by the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (EOPSS).^[1]

Required Roster Information

The regulation requires the roster to identify its effective month and year, state that it supersedes earlier rosters, cite the testing criteria, explain that modifications may occur, and direct readers to the EOPSS website for the latest version. It must also warn that roster inclusion does not establish compliance with the Attorney General's separate handgun-sales regulations at 940 CMR 16.00.

Updates Between Published Rosters

Section 7.07 does not establish a fixed publication interval. Section 7.03(6) requires EOPSS to maintain on a publicly available web site a list of all approved makes and models, including those approved for the next published roster, and to make a printed copy available on request.

Granata Appeal

The roster system is being challenged in Granata v. Campbell, First Circuit No. 25-1918. The United States Department of Justice filed an amicus brief on January 28, 2026 supporting the challengers.^[2] As of August 25, 2026, no published First Circuit opinion deciding that appeal was identified. The appeal does not suspend the roster while it remains pending, and this article does not predict its outcome.