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Massachusetts Gun Rights Group Plans To Rally Opponents Of Gun Reform Bill
Chris Lisinski
One of the most vocal critics of a sweeping gun reform bill signaled Tuesday that it remains prepared to oppose the proposal if House Democrats bring it forward later this fall.
A day after House Speaker Ron Mariano announced he would postpone his chamber’s deliberations on the wide-ranging legislation until autumn, the National Association for Gun Rights said it believes the Quincy Democrat should “kill the bill altogether.” NAGR previously suggested its members leave Massachusetts and said their firearms rights were at “serious risk,” and the group’s president, Dudley Brown, said Tuesday that recommendation still stands.
“Delaying the bill till the fall won’t dampen the pressure, it just gives us more time to rally our members in opposition,” Brown said in a press release. “Gun rights and freedom are under relentless assault in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Nothing about the Speaker’s tactical retreat changes that.”
Mariano had been pressing for House approval of the bill, which was filed on June 26 following nearly a year of work by top deputy Rep. Michael Day, before lawmakers break for vacations in August. He decided to delay that timeline after hosting a series of private meetings with representatives to discuss the legislation and amid a procedural squabble with Senate Democrats, who have said they also aim to update the state’s gun laws but want the Day legislation (HD 4420) to undergo review by the Public Safety Committee, not the Judiciary Committee that he co-chairs. The bill ranges across several areas including where firearms can legally be carried, registering individual firearm components, and the state’s “red flag” laws.
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Fed Up
July 26, 2023 at 12:43 pm
” The bill ranges across several areas including where firearms can be legally carried, registering individual firearm components, and the state’s ” red flag ” laws. ”
Utter garbage aimed only at law abiding citizens. This WILL NOT make anyone in Massachusetts any safer. It’s a lie being foisted as a safety measure. Criminals don’t care where firearms can be legally carried. Criminals will not be registering any firearm components. Criminals aren’t subject to any red flag laws. This is a blatant attack on law abiding citizens and the Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. And in light of Heller , Bruen , Caetano this will NOT stand Constitutional scrutiny and they know it. I hope it does pass because once the SCOTUS shoots all of this down and they’ll have left is cries of ” MAGA supreme court ”
Michael Day Cindy Creem , Andrea Campbell and Maura Healy the writing is on the wall and Massachusetts long history anti-Second Amendment policies are coming to end.
CatSountSoup
July 26, 2023 at 1:12 pm
This bill was written for Rep. Day by billionaire funded out of state groups with the single purposes of punishing lawful gun owners for their mere existence. Nothing in this trash heap of a document effects criminals in the least.
Ken Masson
July 26, 2023 at 2:11 pm
Anybody can have a gun as long as they’re not a felon or terrorists. Anybody can have a gun who wants one as long as it’s register. All guns like cars need to be registered so when they’re used in a crime we know who they belong to. Even though we have some of the lowest gun crime rates in the country they aren’t low enough.
This state is proof that gun laws work. Where they have week laws they have more gun violence and those lacks laws are usually from Republican state legislators not city government like somebody will try to yell. It’s Democratic cities but in red states. And if you’re worried about the Russians invading we have plenty of guns in our armories and a little tiny country of Ukraine is showing how weak they really are.
I’d like to be free, free from gun violence and fascist immature ignorant bully MAGA’ts!
I Hate Stupid Democrats
July 26, 2023 at 3:18 pm
Did you read the actual proposed bill? That was a rhetorical question. Of course you didn’t neither did most of the Massachusetts politicians who are chomping at the bit to sign it. The bill instantly turns LEGAL law abiding citizens into instant felons. New Hampshire , Vermont and Maine all have next to no gun laws and ALL are much safer than this state, So much for that theory. Stick to licking the boots of your betters on Beacon Hill that’s something you’re good at.
RedPilled
July 26, 2023 at 6:34 pm
Ken please get out more often and stop watching CNN and MSNBC. Most gun related murders is this country are in blue cities like Chicago, New Orleans, and Memphis just to name a few. They also have gun free zones yet gun crimes still occur. Please come here with facts and not talking points from liberal media and politicians. People like you are destroying this state and country. Stupidity and ignorance is a dangerous combination
HuntersCrackPipe
July 27, 2023 at 1:27 am
It is unconstitutional to have a Federal gun registry.
Ken Masson
July 26, 2023 at 9:32 pm
In red states by fascist
trumpublican legislators. Cities can’t control guns without the laws to back them. Of course you knew that right? 🤣. Stats don’t lie but I’m sure you’ll come up with some kellyanne Conway style alternative facts! The chart is very clear. The states with the highest gun violence are the deepest red states and the states with the lowest are mostly very blue Northeast. Funny how laws work to save lives.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/gun-violence-by-state
I Hate Stupid Democrats
July 27, 2023 at 8:17 am
Again explain how Vermont , Maine and New Hampshire have next to no gun laws and are safer than Massachusetts and California with all the gun laws. I’ll be waiting. It’s funny how people responsible for all the so-called gun violence are criminals who don’t obey your laws. So much for how laws work to save lives. Fun fact California has all the ” life saving gun laws ” they could want have the most Mass Shootings anywhere in this country, Opppsss so much for that narrative Karine Jean-Pierre
I hate stupid fascist TRUMPUBLICANS!
July 27, 2023 at 9:35 am
Here’s some real research and not bull**** pulled out of your a**.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ariannajohnson/2023/04/28/red-states-have-higher-gun-death-rates-than-blue-states-heres-why/?sh=52bde7ed1f81
Check Mate
July 27, 2023 at 1:31 pm
file:///C:/Users/Scott/Downloads/31026-271919-1-PB.pdf
4. Discussion
Using the latest difference-in-differences analyses and fixed-effects negative binomial regressions, we
tested nine gun-related policies and four traditional crime-control policies. Despite the findings in
previous studies that permit to purchase laws and large capacity magazine bans may be effective, we
find that neither these, nor the other policies investigated in this study can be shown to be effective in
reducing the number of people killed in mass public shootings. This result might be expected because
criminals who are willing to commit the most heinous crime and who are also willing to die in the
commission of that crime, are unlikely to be deterred by a safe storage law, for example. On the other
hand, there is evidence that increasing the number of places where ordinary citizens are allowed to
carry concealed weapons could reduce the number of mass shooting fatalities.
Thanks for playing. We have some lovely parting gifts for you
Fed Up
July 27, 2023 at 10:01 am
” Gun Free zones ” Where ALL of the shootings happen are law. So much for ” how laws work to save lives “
I hate ignorant fascist violent MAGAt's
July 27, 2023 at 9:50 am
Republicans claim Democrats can’t keep us safe – crime data disagrees
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/30/murder-rates-democrat-republican-states-gun-control
Republicans insist most gun violence happens in Democratic cities – the figures tell a different story
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/gun-violence-republican-states-rural-b2129435.html
The Two-Decade Red State Murder Problem
https://www.thirdway.org/report/the-two-decade-red-state-murder-problem
Fed Up
July 27, 2023 at 12:37 pm
Quoting The Guardian and the Independent HAHAHAHAHAHA what’s next? MSNBC and CNN? Come back when you have credible sources and good luck because the legacy media are nothing corporate liars at the behest of Democratic party.
MortisMaximus
July 27, 2023 at 1:42 pm
Ken Messianic is as trustworthy as Adam Schiff…
I can't stand ignorant fascist MAGAt's
July 27, 2023 at 2:21 pm
Real journalists working for real organization and not some fly by night far right extremist website. Real journalist that actually do the research and not just sprout shit out of their ass like your ultra right crazy sites. But hey they support all of your Kellyanne Conway alternative facts AKA lies. Too bad you don’t live in reality. Too bad you’re too stupid to realize you’re a sucking for stupidity. So did you find your one website that conforms to your beliefs?
Funny how we don’t have mass slaughters in Massachusetts!
Fed Up
July 27, 2023 at 8:52 pm
Quite the meltdown lol I’m still waiting for you to explain how gun laws protect us when Vermont , Maine and New Hampshire have next to no gun laws and ALL have less gun violence than Massachusetts and California. You can’t do it and we both know it. Same with gun free zones , ALL mass shootings have been done in gun free zones. Passing laws that effect only the law abiding are doomed to fail because the nature of criminals not giving a damn about laws by nature. Go back to the drawing board , because you’re not any good at this.
I can't stand ignorant fascist MAGAt's
July 28, 2023 at 8:49 am
Gee maybe Maine and New Hampshire doesn’t have the poverty like the south does? We’re pretty successful in the well-educated Northeast so maybe that’s the difference but still The real statistics call you out and you don’t seem to have any proof like I posted. Again the research has been done and proves you’re wrong and I’m not posting any more about it because you can’t even find a website that agrees with your bullshit. That or you don’t know how to copy and paste! That wouldn’t surprise me.
Fed Up
July 28, 2023 at 8:46 pm
You like apples Ken? How do you like them applesa?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12340185/Americas-mass-shooting-hotspots-revealed-kind-study-breaks-thousands-massacres-state-appears-NO-correlation-gun-control-laws.html
Thanks for playing