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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Another black in power with zero common sense and a Utopian fantasy. Unite and petition. Get it overturned if you want. It’s easy to do. This is one of the reasons I left this liberal cesspool and will never evn visit again.
So it Starts they will try and take them ALL !
This is crazy. They All need a class on the Constitution. .then be tested and out the door if they fail.
we should make it illegal to mess with our constitutional rights. but hey, when was the last time any one in d.c. took the laws into consideration ???????
Wow!
As soon as they disarm us its off to the gas chambers and FEMA death camps.get ready.and if you don’t own a firearm. Well load your slingshots sheeple.god bless and god speed in the lords name I pray for you all amen
Yeah but NOPE, 2nd amendment says we have a RIGHT to bear arms NOT a privilege to bear arms dickheads.
That is stupid cops cannot take your gun
Shall not be infringed therefore go to HELL !!!
Try putting that approach into practice and see how it works out!!! You’ll (Massachusetts Law Enforcement) have a civil war on your hands that you’ll wish you hadn’t started!!! Keep pushing though if you want to test the waters!!! What is it with you leftists that you do not understand about, “SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED UPON”??? No President, No law enforcement agency, no leftist liberal politician and no court in the land is going to take guns from anybody, anywhere in America without a fight!!! To all on the Left,…… BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR,…. FOR YOU JUST MIGHT GET IT AND THEN SOME ! ! !