I wonder if hitting the gun laws in MA with (you should pardon the expression) both barrels at once would work. If there are bills to repeal the AWB, end the EOPS tyranny over what we can buy, and reform the gun laws - all at once - would some of the anti-gun politicians then be on the defensive - IE, vote for one in exchange for not passing the other?
In other words... do the antis what they've been doing with us for decades. Press them hard so that they can only afford to vote down one of the many pro-gun bills.
Yeah, I know. It's Marxachusetts. Probably not gonna happen. But hey, you know the saying: