MA Governor’s Anti-Gun Bill to be Heard on Tuesday, July 14

[Sir_Macadoo]

Mass gun owners, please take note.... (sourced from NRA ILA)

Governor’s Anti-Gun Bill to be Heard on Tuesday, July 14
Please Contact the Members of the Joint Committee on the Judiciary!

As we reported in May, Governor Deval Patrick (D) introduced a bill that would have disastrous effects on the Second Amendment rights of Massachusetts’ law-abiding gun owners. This bill, House Bill 4102, is scheduled to be heard on Tuesday, July 14 in the Joint Committee on the Judiciary.

House Bill 4102, among other things, would limit firearm purchases to one per 30-day period and require the private transfer of all firearms, even those between family and friends, to be conducted through a federally licensed firearms dealer.

This proposal, in essence, is a repeat of Chapter 180 of the Acts of 1998, statutes that created some of the most confusing and ill-advised set of gun laws in the nation. The vast majority of those new laws attacked lawful gun owners and did little, if anything, to address violent crime in the Commonwealth. The only result has been a startling 85% decrease in the number of lawfully licensed gun owners in Massachusetts and a dramatic increase in crime.


Please contact the members of the Joint Committee on the Judiciary TODAY and respectfully urge them to oppose this poorly conceived and unjust attack on law-abiding gun owners’ Second Amendment freedoms. Contact information for the committee can be found below.


STATE SENATOR CYNTHIA STONE CREEM (D) – Chair
(617) 722-1639
[email protected]

STATE SENATOR STEVEN A. BADDOUR (D) – Vice-Chair
(617) 722-1604
[email protected]

STATE SENATOR GALE D. CANDARAS (D)
(617) 722-1291
[email protected]


STATE SENATOR JACK HART (D)
(617) 722-1150
[email protected]

STATE SENATOR THOMAS M. MCGEE (D)
(617) 722-1350
[email protected]

STATE SENATOR BRUCE E. TARR (R)
(617) 722-1600
[email protected]

STATE REPRESENTATIVE EUGENE L. O'FLAHERTY (D) – Chair
(617) 722-2396
[email protected]

STATE REPRESENTATIVE CHRISTOPHER N. SPERANZO (D) – Vice-Chair
(617) 722-2396
[email protected]

STATE REPRESENTATIVE JAMES H. FAGAN (D)
(617) 722-2430
[email protected]

STATE REPRESENTATIVE COLLEEN M. GARRY (D)
(617) 722-2380
[email protected]

STATE REPRESENTATIVE MARIE P. ST. FLEUR (D)
(617) 722-2030
[email protected]

STATE REPRESENTATIVE JOHN V. FERNANDES (D)
(617) 722-2396
[email protected]

STATE REPRESENTATIVE KATHERINE CLARK (D)
(617) 722-2220
[email protected]

STATE REPRESENTATIVE JAMES J. DWYER (D)
(617) 722-2014
[email protected]

STATE REPRESENTATIVE DANIELLE W. GREGOIRE (D)
(617) 722-2080
[email protected]

STATE REPRESENTATIVE LEWIS G. EVANGELIDIS (R)
(617) 722-2263
[email protected]

STATE REPRESENTATIVE DANIEL K. WEBSTER (R)
(617) 722-2487
[email protected]

 

[Wakeman]

I sent out an email to everyone on that list on Saturday, and the only response (besides 'out of office') I've received has been from Rep. Lewis Evangelidis. He assured me that he'd fight the bill every step of the way and even questioned when Beacon Hill would figure out that they're not going to minimize any gun violence through measures such as these. He's not even from my district, so I sure appreciated the reply.

 

[terraformer]

Does ANYONE know what frickn' time and room is that meeting. I want to go, but I am busy and I can't camp out all day. Normally they have a time and room scheduled. Does anyone know what that may be?

 

[wheelgun]

Just sent email to the whole bunch. Hope they listen.... it's going to be pretty dismal if this bill passes.

ETA: So far got 4-5 "out of office" responses. Why am I not surprised?

 

[MA_Shooter]

Just sent email to the whole bunch. Hope they listen.... it's going to be pretty dismal if this bill passes.

ETA: So far got 4-5 "out of office" responses. Why am I not surprised?

I wrote, and called, each one on the list. No reply.....no surprise.

-MS

 

[jmanley]

I also got a good reply from Lew Evangilidis. I also emailed all the committee reps who will review H2559 (the bill GOAL put together). Out of that bunch I got one reply from Brad Hill who said he would support GOAL's reform bill.

34 emails and two replies. Not great odds but at least we know a few of our elected reps are on our side.