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At the end of July, we sent an alert warning about H.4885, a partisan anti-gun bill antithetical to the very spirit of the Second Amendment.<\/p>\n
This bill was designed to comprehensively restructure gun laws in Massachusetts \u2014 establishing one of the most vehemently anti-liberty laws we\u2019ve ever seen drafted and rammed into decree.<\/p>\n
When Governor Healey signed H.4885 into law in July, there\u2019s usually a 90-day waiting period that takes place before a bill goes into effect.<\/p>\n
During this time,\u00a0pro-gun activists\u00a0started to organize an attempt to\u00a0get enough signatures\u00a0and\u00a0put H.4885\u00a0up for a referendum in 2026.<\/p>\n
If enough signatures were collected it would’ve suspended the legislation until the people had their say.<\/strong><\/p>\n Pushing that chance aside, Governor Healey signed “an emergency preamble” on October 2nd which put H.4885 into effect immediately \u2014 and because it was signed as an emergency order, that referendum can no longer happen.<\/p>\n Governor Healey’s actions quickly rushed this bill into law and stripped Massachusetts citizens of the chance to redress the government of their grievances.<\/p>\n That\u2019s why the GOA and our legal team will be fighting this legislation in courts until your Second Amendment rights have been completely restored<\/strong><\/u>.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Please\u00a0make a contribution\u00a0to our Legal Defense Fund\u00a0to help us stay in the fight to protect YOUR God-given rights<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n As a reminder,\u00a0the gun control contained in\u00a0H.4885 includes, but is not limited to:<\/p>\n Governor Healey’s actions quickly rushed this bill into law and stripped Massachusetts citizens of the chance to redress the government of their grievances.<\/p>\n Among others, Governor Healey and Lt. Governor Driscoll were quoted in saying:<\/p>\n \u201cMassachusetts is proud of our strong gun laws, but there is always more work to be done to keep our communities safe from violence. This legislation updates our firearms laws in response to the Supreme Court\u2019s misguided\u00a0Bruen decision.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0– Governor Healey.<\/p>\n \u201cGun technology and trends are constantly evolving, and it\u2019s important that our laws evolve along with them.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0– Lt. Governor Driscoll.<\/p>\n If you didn\u2019t think this was enough, House Speaker Ronald Mariano touted H.4885 as,\u00a0\u201cThe culmination of a multi-year process that began after the Supreme Court\u2019s conservative supermajority issued their disastrous Bruen\u00a0decision, which weakened the Commonwealth\u2019s gun safety laws and endangered our residents.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n These statements show the willingness of Massachusetts’ leadership to hostilely disarm law-abiding gun owners at every turn. Even when they speak of ‘safety’ or ‘evolving to meet contemporary needs,’ we all know what awaits us at the end of this anti-Second Amendment path:<\/p>\n Emboldened criminals, dangerous cities, and the disenfranchisement of normal citizens wishing to defend life, liberty, and property.<\/strong><\/p>\n But we WON\u2019T just standby and let Governor Healey dismantle the Second Amendment.<\/p>\n Again, that\u2019s why GOA and our legal team are proud to say that we will be fighting this legislation in the courts.<\/p>\n We are incredibly thankful for your continued support and ask that you consider contributing to our Legal Defense Fund to maintain the defense of our liberty<\/a>.<\/p>\n Please continue to remain informed by browsing our alerts section for further updates.<\/p>\n P.S. Please distribute this alert to every pro-gun person you know. To renew your GOA membership or to join for the first time,\u00a0please click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n