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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Take people’s guns and criminals will be the only ones w guns. Ask someone from UK.
I think the “Second Amendment” already does that.
A commie state for sure; The framers of the Constitution understood that dictators and repressive governments has been with us since the beginning of time! The “police mentality” like an fascist is dangerous to everyone’s freedom! Screw those Barney Fife’s!!!!
guess anyone protecting them selves from police and are pointing them at police would be on the list or future people who feel the need to defend themselves etc.
They aren’t “Law Enforcement” if they are doing that, they are criminals and enemies of the state and deserve nothing short of death! It’s disgusting that the very thing that sparked the Revolutionary War is being attempted by our own government and tolerated. I’m sure the Founding Fathers of this nation would be totally disgusted with this current generation!
like HELL!
Vote for coons !
communism at its finest
Gun control is “Citizen Control” and nothing to do with “Crime Control” – period!!
The Left in this country and their enablers (authorities, government, police, etc.) Are like cleaning one’s behind with a hoop…all one gets is filthy hands.
This kind of Leftist behavior will NEVER end until they are repudiated at EVERY level of society. Unfortunately, too many Americans have been so badly educated (?) that they are ignorant (but NOT stupid) about what is being done to them and their children by these horrifying brutes who want to destroy OUR country.
Making a living, protecting ourselves, shelter, food, etc., are all necessities of life. They are not things for the extremists amongst us and the government to play with to control us. Such threats are against Natural Law…upon which, in part, our Constitution rests.
That any free and responsible person would allow such behavior to continue is to suggest that such people are in opposition to the best opportunities to be the best we can be.
STOP THEM OR ALL WILL BE LOST, and everyone will be enslaved by a cruel system of tyranny, unhappiness, want, and a grey and unyielding colorless excuse for Life!