MASSACHUSETTS ALERT

Back to Legislative Action Center

Massachusetts Committee to Hear Numerous Pieces of Flawed Legislation

On Wednesday, Jan. 23, the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security will be holding a public hearing on bills that will further erode the rights of law-abiding gun owners under the guise of reducing gun trafficking and gang violence.

H2293 and H2340 attempt to resurrect the discredited idea of creating a ballistics database for every gun sold in the Commonwealth. New York and Maryland are the only two states to implement this technology, costing taxpayers millions of dollars without solving a single crime.

S1354 will attempt to further regulate firearms owners and dealers to the point of forcing them out of business. Among other things, it would set stringent standards for storage of firearms by dealers, limit gun purchases of law-abiding citizens and implement a total statewide gun registration system.

S1383, titled An Act Relative to Preventing Illegal Trafficking of Firearms, is anything but that and seeks to restrict the purchases of law-abiding gun owners to "one-gun-a-month." Not only would S1383 be regulating a constitutional right, but also the ability of private citizens with licenses (very extensive licensing process) to sell up to four firearms a year to other licensed gun owners.

For more information on the pieces of legislation, along with other scheduled anti-gun bills in committee, please visit the following links:

H2293: An Act Establishing a System of Ballistic Identification

H2340: An Act to Improve the Tracing of Guns Used in Crimes

H2342: An Act Protecting Children and Adults from Unsafe Handguns

H2343: An Act to Close a Loophole in the Assault Weapons Ban and Further Reduce Gun Violence in the Commonwealth

S1354: An Act Regarding the Prevention of Illegal Gun Trafficking and Gun Violence Among Youth in the Commonwealth

S1383: An Act Preventing Illegal Trafficking of Firearms