Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D) signed an very extensive package of gun control measures earlier this year – the law will allow police chiefs to ask the courts to deny persons gun rights who the cops feel are unfit.
If you live in Massachusetts be sure not to upset police if you want to keep your guns. So Constitutional rights are now subject to the whims of law enforcement.
The legislation allows police chiefs to ask courts to deny firearms identification cards needed to buy guns to individuals they feel are unfit to obtain them, toughens penalties for some gun-based crimes, creates an online portal for background checks in private gun sales, carves out a firearms trafficking unit within the state’s police department and requires that Massachusetts join the National Instant Background Check System.
Gun control advocates hailed the measures as ones that make Massachusetts “a leader for the rest of the nation.”
“With the stroke of Governor Patrick’s pen today, Massachusetts is now a leader for the rest of the nation in passing common-sense gun reform while continuing to respect the Second Amendment rights we all value,” Molly Malloy, the leader of Massachusetts’ chapter of Moms Demand Action, said in a statement. “The single most effective thing we can do to keep guns out of dangerous hands and reduce the number of Americans killed with guns every day is require criminal background checks on all sales to close the loophole that allows felons, domestic abusers and the dangerously mentally ill to buy guns. Real leadership is what will keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people, and we are grateful to have leaders on this issue taking action to protect our families in the commonwealth.”
State lawmakers from both parties agreed on the package of measures in July. The legislation was supported by both gun control advocacy groups and the Massachusetts Gun Owners Action League, though the National Rifle Association opposed the bill, arguing that government officials could abuse new licensing powers created with the legislation.
Businessman Charlie Baker, who is running for the Republican gubernatorial nomination to succeed Patrick, said in a candidate debate Wednesday that he would have signed the package of gun control measures, though he had previously avoided giving a definitive answer on whether he supported the provision allowing police chiefs to deny firearms identification cards to those they consider dangerous.
Patrick, who is considered a rising star within the Democratic Party and a potential future contender for the party’s presidential nomination, has said he will return to the private sector when his gubernatorial term expires in January.
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Not them
uh, shoot the cops. it’s called the unorganized militia (google, us code law, militia compositions and classes), if you are between 17 and 45, you have every legal right to shoot them if they try to take YOUR gun Or ANYONE else’s gun who may be in the category….
All Democrats are Communists, if they admit it or not, and like Communists in all countries that practice it the public are disarmed and at the mercy of tyranny….
NOT!!
ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!!!
Meanwhile gangs and crack dealers will remain unaffected. So no need for all you thugs out there to worry, things are going your way. For now.
Obama s man.
Damn liberals!!!!
and just how is that going to affect criminals from doing what they want?? and I believe the the Constitution states we have a right to bear arms… As being a good person and has done nothing wrong no criminal history- totally bond able and now some cop can just say no and I’m denied my Constitutional right????? See you in court!! the farce of politicians trying to 1 up each other with seeing who can come up with the dumbest laws that does 0 to halt crime or bad people– time to grow up
they dont seem to pay any attention to the constitution what so ever.