Massachusetts lawmakers will soon consider a bill that may represent the most sweeping set of Second Amendment restrictions anywhere in the country. HD.4420, introduced Monday by Representative Michael S. Day, includes an array of provisions aimed at making it virtually impossible to exercise the right to keep and bear arms. They include:
Banning nearly all semi-automatic firearms
Expanding the definition of what constitutes a “firearm”
Implementing new registration and reporting requirements, even for parts and feeding devices
Banning those under 21 from acquiring or carrying semi-automatic rifles or shotguns
Installing new training requirements and “safe storage” procedures for gun owners and new requirements for retailers
And it doesn’t stop there. The bill is well over 100 pages long, adding new and often confusing new requirements and mandates that create a legal minefield for anyone desiring to legally own a firearm in the state.
“We’re seeing this pattern all over the country in the wake of the Bruen decision,” noted 2ALC President and Senior Legal Counsel Chuck Michel. “States and jurisdictions hostile to lawful gun owners claim to acknowledge the fundamental right to keep and bear arms, then they construct laws that make it impossible to exercise that right.”
2ALC will continue to monitor this and other legislation impacting Second Amendment rights for Massachusetts citizens. If this passes, it will certainly be challenged in court. 2ALC will assist those legal efforts as we have done and are doing in Illinois, Delaware, Hawaii, and other states. Join our email list below to stay up to date!