A joint state House and Senate hearing on a bill that would treat gun ownership like a disease was scheduled Dec. 10, and the Massachusetts Gun Owners Action League—an affiliate of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms—has been sounding the alarm. Rightly so, considering the language of this legislation, whose […]
Fed. Judge Denies Mass. A.G. Request to Stall Gun Rights Lawsuit
A U.S. District Court judge in Massachusetts has denied a request from anti-gun state Attorney General Maura Healey to delay a lawsuit challenging her efforts to stop sales of so-called “copycat assault weapons” in what amounts to a victory for the four firearms retailers involved in the lawsuit, and the National Shooting Sports […]
Fiasco? MA Gun Owners’ Rights Collide with Fed. Law
The Boston Globe is reporting that Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration “is resisting a mounting number of court orders from judges charging that it overstepped its legal authority, or misinterpreted the law, when it pushed to strip firearm licenses from hundreds of people it previously cleared to own a gun.” The newspaper said […]
Massachusetts Cop Slaying another Gun Control Failure
While Massachusetts citizens and police are mourning the slaying of a 32-year-old Yarmouth police officer Thursday, one fact that seems to have been overlooked is that it amounts to a monumental failure of that state’s court system and restrictive gun control laws. The suspect in this case is identified as Thomas Latanowich, whose criminal history […]
CCRKBA Asks AG to Withhold Funds from Anti-gun Governments
In a move sure to raise eyebrows, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has asked Attorney General Jeff Sessions to “withhold funds from any local or state government that adopts policies that infringe on the right of citizens to keep and bear arms.” “The liberal municipal governments of such cities […]
Will Expanded State Level Gun Control Efforts Succeed or Fail?
The Hill is reporting that gun control proponents see 2018 as a year in which they “can notch new wins in state legislatures across the country.” Already, Massachusetts and New Jersey have banned “bump stock” devices, the newspaper noted, and bans have been approved by legislative committees in Indiana, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia and Washington. […]