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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and to think you people voted for these traitors you get what you voted for
New World Order And People Are Choosing To Stand By And Watch. SmH
Was there a need to write anything more than “Massassachozits”?!?! Oops! Lost that damned dictionary again! (Psst! There’s no one there able to even read a Constitution!)
First to loose the Privilege should be Deval Patrick,, then any Judge who signs an order contrary to the Constitution, who then should be removed from the Bench for making laws individually,, and not upholding the Constitution of the USA. And Any Cop who carries out the order.
NO, our Constitution determines that!
the democrats will try to control you just like the nazi’s
Massachusetts voters are allowing local police to destroy their rights like local law enforcement did to England. No one ever needs one accordingly to their control mentality.
Fire this moron, NOW. We have Russia, ISIS and Cartel creeping in from every angle waiting to pounce on us for the slaughter house run! And you want to go ahead and follow the former NAZI OBAMA’s Lead!@#$? Get the F_CK ouit of here and throw yourself on a blade of ISIS
FUBARED
douchebag deval can go straight to hell along with the rest of the liberal loonies in mass.