Massachusetts governor puts new gun law into effect immediately | AP News
WEB4 days ago · BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey took action Wednesday to immediately implement a sweeping new gun law that cracks down on privately made, unserialized “ghost guns,” criminalizes possession of bump stocks and trigger cranks and requires applicants for a gun license to complete live-fire training,. The new law was approved in July and was set to take effect later this month.
Gun rights activists target new Massachusetts law with lawsuit …
WEBAug 22, 2024 · BOSTON (AP) — No sooner had Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed a sweeping new firearms bill into law last month than gun rights activists filed a lawsuit challenging it, calling the measure an “historic attack on our civil rights.”
Massachusetts governor puts new gun law into effect immediately
WEB4 days ago · BOSTON -- Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey took action Wednesday to immediately implement a sweeping new gun law that cracks down on privately made, unserialized “ghost guns,” criminalizes ...
Governor Healey Signs Gun Safety Legislation Cracking Down on …
WEBJul 25, 2024 · The bill signed today modernizes Massachusetts’ existing firearms laws to address issues such as untraceable “ghost guns” and 3-D printed guns, enhance the “Red Flag Law,” further protect safety in public spaces and increase violence prevention programming in the state.
Emergency preamble puts state's new gun law into effect …
WEB5 days ago · BOSTON — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed an emergency preamble Wednesday that puts the state's new gun law into effect immediately to ensure it cannot be suspended by a referendum petition.
Gov. Healey signs gun law, saying it 'will save lives' - WBUR
WEBJul 25, 2024 · Two years after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that she said posed "a grave danger to Americans as they go about their daily lives in public spaces," Gov. Maura Healey on Thursday signed an overhaul...
Mass. gun reform law: Healey moves to implement effort - NBC …
WEB6 days ago · Gov. Maura Healey plans to move Wednesday to immediately implement a wide-ranging gun reform law, in the process preventing opponents from suspending the law for more than two years while they work to give voters the final say on its contents. A spokesperson for the governor said Healey will sign an emergency preamble for the law that she initially signed…
Beacon Hill negotiators reach deal on gun law reform bill
WEBJul 17, 2024 · Massachusetts would gain tools to stem the spread of untraceable "ghost guns" and firearms would be banned in additional public spaces under a compromise bill that could land on Gov. Maura...
Massachusetts gun bill signed by Gov. Healey – NBC Boston
WEBJul 25, 2024 · Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed the Legislature’s deep overhaul of state firearms laws Thursday, approving new strategies for combating so-called ghost guns and expanding the law that allows a court to take guns away from someone considered a threat to themselves or others.
Sweeping gun bill aimed at tightening Mass. firearm laws passes …
WEBOct 19, 2023 · Most House Democrats lined up Wednesday in support of a major overhaul of the state's firearms laws, easily hurdling over procedural complaints and sending the Senate a measure that has generated incendiary criticism from gun owners and promises from supporters that it will save lives.