Massachusetts gun laws

Gun owners racing to suspend Massachusetts’ new firearms law

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Gun owners racing to suspend Massachusetts’ new firearms law

A Cape Cod gun store owner is in the process of kicking off a mad dash to collect tens of thousands of signatures by early October to suspend the enforcement of a new, wide-ranging gun law in Massachusetts while an effort to repeal the measure moves forward. Opponents of the law, which Gov. Maura Healey … Read more

Mass. Senate looks to tackle untraceable guns in new reform bill

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Mass. Senate looks to tackle untraceable guns in new reform bill

Top Senate Democrats released a long-promised gun reform bill Thursday that updates state ghost gun laws, codifies Massachusetts’ existing ban on assault weapons, and makes illegal devices that convert semi-automatic firearms into fully automatic weapons. Senate President Karen Spilka pitched the legislation as an omnibus proposal that “would help make residents safer,” cracks down on … Read more